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    Add a Heatsink at the back of Northbridge is useful

    Heatsinks are most likely connected to Chassis ground.
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    Positive and negative planes

    First file is a positive plane (top layer) Second file is a Negative plane (Internal layer2 of a 4 layer board) On the positive planes, the area surronding the traces and pads are etched away from the copper layer. On the Negative plane, what shows are pads and thermal reliefs are etched...
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    Circuit copy and move functions from Expedition tool?

    Re: Circuit copy and move Go to Mentor's support site, search for Copy Circuit 4608.pdf. Everything you need to know is in that document.
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    What does the Dynamic Area Fill option do in Expedition?

    Re: Dynamic Area fill Dynamic Area Fills (Display Control - Layer Tab) This command enables the display of area fill data inside user-defined plane shapes placed on trace layers. The Dynamic Area Fill command is only active when no Planes Processor generated plane data is present on any layer...
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    Doubt about Expedition PCB -DXF Export

    E-mail sent. It's down on the lower left of the DXF out selection box. It's the button next to the Scheme Local: box, and to the left of the red X. I typed in "TOP", then click the save box.
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    Doubt about Expedition PCB -DXF Export

    Try this; File; Export;DXF. Select boxes of items you want to export under "ExpPCB Elements" Go to the "Save" box (disk symbol in the bottom of the selection box), and name the file that will be the exported DXF data. Select OK to save the file name. Select OK to export the data. This file...
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    Rigid Flexi Rigid PCB Design Guidlines

    links; http://www.kingcircuit.com/rigid_flex.cfm http://www.fit4flex.com **broken link removed**
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    error when opening a PCB file in MG EXPEDITION v2005.1

    Reload the program on your hard drive. A file is missing, or is not in it's default location.
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    Expedition Gerber transition

    The only way to make an intelligent database in Expedition is to Create a usable Schematic, Compile the database, and lay the physical parts on the board and route the traces using the gerber data as a template. As the gerber data is imported into the database as drawing features, it's fairly...
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    aviation PCB footprint standards

    ipc-2221 footprint It's been over 15 years since I've worked in Military stuff (which included Aircraft design), back then we used Mil Standards ,Mil-275D specifically for PCB design, and it was anything but minimal. Military standards required 10 percent spares of everything, meaning if you...
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    direct connect vs relief connnect in GND plane

    thermal relief connecting to power plane pcb I agree. The majority of board fabricators will now balance the copper coverage percentage to be equal on all layers of the board. Certain high-end design programs will report copper coverage, so that the designer can create the balance themselves...
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    What are PCB manufacturing files?

    Re: What are PCB manufacturing files??? Shilling at it's finest.
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    Purpose of Various layers in multilayer PCB

    Every software package has a different layering scheme than it's competitor. The best way to answer this question, is to read the tutorials that come with the software packages. If you have a particular package, post the name in your question, such that your question can be answered in more...
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    how to add page number follow off-page connector

    page number off-page connector On the off-page connector symbol, you'll need to add the Property "Sheet Pointer", with a value of "x" for whatever the sheet number will auto fill to. Next, in the cross reference .asc file, you'll need to define the symbol name you added the "Sheet Pointer"...
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    Selling 10layer ,thick copper , buried /blind PCB

    Re: HDI,buried,blind PCB Huh???????? 60oz Copper @ 1.5 mm wide trace? That copper has to be Meters thick.

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