Eagle wire flat is NOT

[Robert Baer]

CHANGE WIDTH 200 MIL
SET WIRE_BEND @ 7
CHANGE STYLE CONTINUOUS
WIRE FLAT (0000 1000) +0 (0108 1141);
WIRE FLAT (0108 1141) +0 (0167 1200);
WIRE FLAT (0167 1200) +0 (0233 1251);

So, how the F do i make it FLAT (NOT rounded) on the ends??

 

[Martin Riddle]

CHANGE WIDTH 200 MIL
SET WIRE_BEND @ 7
CHANGE STYLE CONTINUOUS
WIRE FLAT (0000 1000) +0 (0108 1141);
WIRE FLAT (0108 1141) +0 (0167 1200);
WIRE FLAT (0167 1200) +0 (0233 1251);

So, how the F do i make it FLAT (NOT rounded) on the ends??

http://www.eaglecentral.ca/forums/index.php/mv/msg/45545/141519/

 

[Martin Riddle]

The "plotting tool" is a round point.
If you photoplotted with a square "plotting tool", you lines would
vary in width as the tool transitioned through various angles other than
straight x and y runs.

Like I said before. PLACE a square pad at the end of your run if you
want a squared end on it.

Layout packages have the manufacturer tooling in mind. Any time you
end a line not on a pad or via, it will have a rounded end.

UV, Laser, Xray, etc. All types of photo plotting/etching involves a
"light source" which is round. So all PCB software will operate this
way. Some modern packages allow the designer to get around it with a
feature they incorporated, which eagle would likely not be at yet.

Put a square SMD pad there.

The FLAT modifier only applies to ARC's, Otherwise wire ends are
rounded.

Cheers

 

[Robert Baer]

LOOK at the results IN eagle; ignore the photoplot.

 

[Robert Baer]

http://www.eaglecentral.ca/forums/index.php/mv/msg/45545/141519/

UG-lee.

 

[Robert Baer]

The "plotting tool" is a round point.
If you photoplotted with a square "plotting tool", you lines would
vary in width as the tool transitioned through various angles other than
straight x and y runs.

Like I said before. PLACE a square pad at the end of your run if you
want a squared end on it.

Layout packages have the manufacturer tooling in mind. Any time you
end a line not on a pad or via, it will have a rounded end.

UV, Laser, Xray, etc. All types of photo plotting/etching involves a
"light source" which is round. So all PCB software will operate this
way. Some modern packages allow the designer to get around it with a
feature they incorporated, which eagle would likely not be at yet.

Put a square SMD pad there.

So you are saying that once again,the "help" is inaccurate and
incomplete.
The syntax allows FLAT as well as ROUND; the so-called help file
eXplicitly sez so.

 

[Robert Baer]

The FLAT modifier only applies to ARC's, Otherwise wire ends are
rounded.

Cheers

Well, the so-called help file should be more X-rated: it should be
eXplicit.