So all of the boards I design fit within the Eagle size limitations, but I would like to make panels of the same design or multiple designs from the gerber files. Is this possible without paying for the full version of eagle?
Jacob
I don’t think you’re meant to panelize designs in EAGLE, but i have tried to tame [GerbMerge once or twice… 
](http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/Python/gerbmerge/)
FartingMonkey92:
I don’t think you’re meant to panelize designs in EAGLE, but i have tried to tame [GerbMerge once or twice…Mmm, how is GerbMerge?
Somebody uses it more frequently? I’m looking for a SW for panelize.](http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/Python/gerbmerge/)
It’s not the easiest software I’ve ever used, but it does come with example configuration files which help out a lot. I use it in combination with ViewPlot to verify the output Gerbers look right.
brennen:
It’s not the easiest software I’ve ever used…
Thats an understatement if you ask me. After a couple of hours of screwing around with it, I pulled me head out of the hole in the wall that I created and gave up.
huh? gerbmerge is very easy if you start from the samples. Installation on windows requires that you install several other packages but once you get everything installed, it’s quite easy to use. panel layout is driven from a simple file. You might have to experiment a bit to get the best layout but I never found it at all hard. Compared to learning eagle, it was a walk in the park.
To create a panel, you define the configuration file for the boards and invoke gerbmerge. I suspect you got confused by the configuration file. The documentation says to start with a sample and work from there. That’s what I did and it was pretty easy.
The other thing that can be confusing (on windows) is that you run it from a dos box and it requires that you get the environment right. I created a batch file to invoke it and make sure that the path is correct. After that, it;s just a matter of creating the config file with the info on my boards. I usually use manual relative placement but automatic placement works pretty well
I’m working on Debian xD
Just i downloaded Gerbmerge and you are right. After read the .cfg and .def , it seems easy to handle various projects into one 
I will give it an opportunity.
Thank you very much for your comments.
rpcelectronics:
brennen:
It’s not the easiest software I’ve ever used…Thats an understatement if you ask me. After a couple of hours of screwing around with it, I pulled me head out of the hole in the wall that I created and gave up.
What he said…
It’s a little off-topic, but perhaps will be useful to at least some readers of the thread. I posted a little article, complete with nifty visual calculator, that addresses some of the more basic concerns around making your PCB sizes “panel friendly”.
http://www.circuitpeople.com/Blog/Panel … uring.aspx
Enjoy!