hi
how can we export eagle brd files in any portable format like pdf or anyother in its original size ?
regards…
I’m not sure if this is what you were looking to do or not. But I uploaded a ZIP of my Eagle files to freedfm.com and they send you an email after they check your design showing any errors. But they also include plot files, in PDF format that are also included in the email. They have a plot file for each layer (copper, soldermask, silkscreen, for top and bottom)
It’s a pretty useful free service. I hope that’s what you were looking for.
Hi,
For BatchPCB you need to export gerber files from whatever software you are using, zip them together, and upload those files via the BatchPCB front.
You cannot upload a basic Eagle file.
-Nathan
what are you trying to do? allow others to make boards with your design?
gerber is a very nice, portable format. You can use viewmate (free) or other viewers to print it out. eagle does a decent job of outputing gerbers. If you are concerned about correct size, gerber is the way to go.
You can also export the screen image as a bitmap and then convert to jpg or any other format you want though I’m not sure how well the exact size will be preserved.
could you export into dxf or anything like that?
i have a guy with a laser cutter, but he only uses it in corel draw…he doesn’t understand computers enough to do anything else.
it would be nice to get same day service for making paste masks.
the answer to my question…
when you have the board file open, go to file, then run. you are going to run ulp cam to dxf, then just point and click your way through.
it’ll make a nice dxf file of the solder mask.
i like this program so much more than express pcb 
ryan:
hihow can we export eagle brd files in any portable format like pdf or anyother in its original size ?
regards…
I use Pulsonix but this should work with EAGLE:
Add a Postscript printer to your printers, with the print to file option selected (Ports tab). When you plot to a printer, select the Postscript printer and save the output with a .ps extension. Read the file into Ghostscript/Ghostview (free download) and use the Convert function to create a .pdf file.
Another way to do it is to download something called PrimoPDF, that basically does the above, with a special printer device, in one operation. I’ve tried it, and it works, but I haven’t checked that the output is truly 1:1. It is with the first method.
Leon
Yes, it is possible to do this in eagle. When you set up a priter tell it to print o a file. For some reason my inkjet jut would print under Eagle on my Mac but would print perfectly in any other program on my Mac. So to solve this I printed as a file then printed it from ‘Preview’ (comes with Mac OS X). Now I have a Samsung Laser printer and it works perfecly with Eagle and now I can make homemade etched PCBs with the iron on method. I really am DYING to order a PCB from BatchPCB!!!