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  14 <em>Translations of this page are also available in the following languages:</em> <a href="geda-faq-pcb.ru.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-faq-pcb.ru.html">Русский</a>.
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  17 <h2 class="sectionedit1" id="pcb_faq">pcb FAQ</h2>
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  22 <h3 class="sectionedit2" id="what_is_pcb">What is pcb ?</h3>
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  26 “pcb” is software to help you draw (“lay out”) the wires for a custom “printed wire board” (“PCB”).
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  31 <h3 class="sectionedit3" id="how_do_i_install_pcb">How do I install pcb?</h3>
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  35 See <a href="geda-installation.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-installation.html">installation</a>.
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  40 <h3 class="sectionedit4" id="how_do_i_learn_more_about_pcb">How do I learn more about PCB?</h3>
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  43 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/</a></div>
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  45 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <img src="images/smileys/fixme.gif" align="middle" alt="FIXME" />: <em>more needed</em></div>
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  51 <h3 class="sectionedit5" id="how_many_layers_does_pcb_support">How many layers does PCB support?</h3>
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  55 “Out-of-the-box”, pcb supports 16 copper layers.  It has been patched by some users to support more, however.
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  60 <h3 class="sectionedit6" id="is_it_true_that_pcb_has_no_way_to_make_a_mechanical_layer_to_show_the_physical_outline_of_the_board_and_its_dimensions">Is it true that pcb has no way to make a &quot;mechanical layer&quot; to show the physical outline of the board and its dimensions ?</h3>
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  64 No. Lines on a layer with layer name <code>outline</code> will be interpreted as physical edges of the board. Also see <a href="geda-pcb_tips.html#how_do_i_make_a_board_outline_to_go_with_my_gerbers_to_the_board_maker" class="wikilink1" title="geda-pcb_tips.html">this note</a> in the more comprehensive <a href="geda-pcb_tips.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-pcb_tips.html">PCB tips</a>
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  69 <h3 class="sectionedit7" id="how_do_i_design_a_pcb">How do I design a PCB?</h3>
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  73 This is well beyond the scope of this <abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr>.
  74 There are a few tips at
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  77 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed circuit board" class="interwiki iw_wp" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed circuit board">Printed circuit board</a></div>
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  79 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Practical_Electronics/PCB_Layout" class="urlextern" title="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Practical_Electronics/PCB_Layout" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Practical_Electronics/PCB_Layout</a></div>
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  85 <h3 class="sectionedit8" id="yes_but_how_do_i_design_a_pcb_with_pcb">Yes, but how do I design a PCB with pcb?</h3>
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  89 Generally, you start with a schematic, run gsch2pcb to generate the netlist.
  90 See <a href="geda-faq-gsch2pcb.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-faq-gsch2pcb.html">FAQ-gsch2pcb</a>. Then you might go through the <a href="geda-gsch2pcb_tutorial.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-gsch2pcb_tutorial.html">gsch2pcb tutorial</a>
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  94 Then you … Hey, did you know about the <a href="http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html" class="urlextern" title="http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html" rel="nofollow">PCB manual</a>, the <a href="geda-pcb_tips.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-pcb_tips.html">PCB tips</a>, and the <a href="geda-pcb-quick_reference.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-pcb-quick_reference.html">PCB-quick reference</a>?
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  99 <h3 class="sectionedit9" id="what_about_footprints">What about footprints?</h3>
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 103 See <a href="geda-pcb_footprints.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-pcb_footprints.html">PCB footprints</a>.
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 107 There are also some unofficial gEDA footprints at Open Circuits <a href="http://opencircuits.com/PCB_Footprints" class="urlextern" title="http://opencircuits.com/PCB_Footprints" rel="nofollow">http://opencircuits.com/PCB_Footprints</a>.
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 112 <h3 class="sectionedit10" id="i_had_a_hard_time_to_find_info_on_pcb_due_its_ambigous_name_why_don_t_you_rename_the_app">I had a hard time to find info on pcb due its ambigous name. Why don&#039;t you rename the app?</h3>
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 116 The application is a fairly old project, with roots way back in the era of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari" class="interwiki iw_wp" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari">Atari home computers</a>. Its name has always been “pcb”. The current developers have no intention to break that tradition.
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 121 <h3 class="sectionedit11" id="is_there_any_relation_between_the_geda_pcb_and_the_opencircuitdesign_pcb">Is there any relation between the gEDA PCB and the opencircuitdesign PCB?</h3>
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 125 <a href="geda-faq-pcb.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-faq-pcb.html"> gEDA PCB</a> and <a href="http://opencircuitdesign.com/pcb/" class="urlextern" title="http://opencircuitdesign.com/pcb/" rel="nofollow"> opencircuitdesign PCB</a> ?
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 129 Same thing, different generations.
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