Creating PCBs

Guten Tag Peter , ich benötige wieder mal deine Unterstützung.
Ich habe mir eine GPS Uhr gebaut deren Empfang ist Schlecht.

Ich benötige da eine Größere Ground Plane = eine Doppelsetige platine die ich Durch bohren kann und Draht duchstecken muss diesen dann verlöten

ICh benötige eine 24,3X24,3 Öffnung in meiner Platine wie bekommt man diese hin’?
das wäre die Platine (muss noch überlegen wegen der Göße-…entweder 80X80 oder 70X70mm.
Könntest du mir da mal bitte unter die Arme Greifen?
danke dir im Voraus

Grüße
Hans Werner

das teill soll so ähnlich (Profesioneller ) ausehen Industrie Qualität!

@Hans_Werner_Atzenhoe OK so this would need a custom PCB cutout (which I’ll figure out)

Thanks!
you wrote you come from the Pacific area?

No from Asia… (Nein, aus Asien…)

Asia? It’s big! :wink: I know from Peter that he comes from Canada
PS… the PCB with the square (4eck)—could it perhaps be designed so that its size could also be changed if needed?

I don’t know the size; I only received a recommendation…
either 60x60 / 70x70 / 80x80 mm…?

Ok for this you can try overlaying multiple holes to form a big square hole (someone tried this before but can’t guarantee that to work. Try searching the forum.

Under which search term? (I guess in English)´?

(though preferably english)Yes try using both

Just enter Hole ?

Which holes? The drilled holes are round!

Wie about the copper fill keepout (Copper fill Stoper)? That creates an area without copper, right? Then I’d have an area without copper—could I cut that out?

So, I took a look at it…
I created a double-sided PCB with a copper pour keepout (Füllstop).
The spacing on the inside has the desired 24.3 X 24.3 mm; on the outside it is larger—can the larger outer ring be used as a solder pad?
Then is it best to use phenolic paper (Hartpapier) and maybe saw it out by hand yourself?

A cutout tool for Fritzing (to draw rectangular or other cutout shapes) is still on our wishlist.

Until then, you can draw the shape in an SVG, use the oposite orentation for the cutout.

Like so:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 70 70" width="70mm" height="70mm">
  <path d="M 0,0 L 70,0 L 70,70 L 0,70 Z M 22.85,22.85 L 22.85,47.15 L 47.15,47.15 L 47.15,22.85 Z" 
        fill="currentColor" 
        fill-rule="evenodd"/>
</svg>

The complete SVG then looks like this (with silkscreen outline):

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 70 70" width="70mm" height="70mm">

<g id="board">
  
  <path id="boardoutline" d="M 0,0 L 70,0 L 70,70 L 0,70 Z M 22.85,22.85 L 22.85,47.15 L 47.15,47.15 L 47.15,22.85 Z" 
      fill="#ffffff"
      fill-opacity="0.5"
      fill-rule="evenodd"/>

 <rect id="silkscreen" x="0" y="0" width="70" height="70" 
        fill="none" stroke="white" stroke-width="0.2"/>

  <rect id="silkscreen0" x="0" y="0" width="70" height="70" 
        fill="none" stroke="white" stroke-width="0.2"/>
</g>
</svg>

If you save this into an .svg file, you should be able to use it as a board in Fritzing,
see “load image file” for the PCB in the Inspector

SUPER! AWESOME!!! but I only have program code… the SVG is missing.
What I still miss in Fritzing is when I optimize components in the schematic…
e.g., resize a resistor, adjust display settings for what Fritzing should show, etc…
when I then go to the PCB view I have to set everything up again, that’s annoying and slows me down… actually just minor details, but really helpful.

I have Linux—which program should I use?

Hello Hans-Werner

PCBshape

Remember to set the board size to 70mm.

Also, if you choose a different size, the cutout size will change as well. You will then need a modified SVG.

? how do I convert this into an SVG file?

@Hans_Werner_Atzenhoe From his image

PCBshape.svg

Hm? Well, in principle VISUALLY already wonderful, but a little shrunk, :thinking:
but otherwise great..!.. 70X70mm? not even 20X20mm

Found my mistake!!!
All clear (who can read has power!!!) Awesome—many thanks for your efforts
Nice work!!

I’ll post the finished NEO-6M ground plane here for download
so you can adapt it for yourself…
It boosts the signal indoors (at least for me!)

Have a nice weekend…

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