(The 'silkscreen' sublayer should stay above 'board' sublayer. Add a sublayer named as 'silkscreen' also with a copy of the drawing/shape. Add a sublayer named as 'board' with a copy of the drawing/shape.ġ.4. But if you do not, the shape will be distorted and the manufacturer will not be able to produce the PCB. (Note that nothing has changed in the drawing. Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Simplification threshold > 0,0001 You can also import any image and use it as a 'base' for your drawing (as I did in PCBrain).Īfter completing the drawing, follow the steps below to get a file with the required attributes.ġ.1. Inkscape has many tools for creating shapes, for example: ellipses, arcs, polygons, stars, spirals, freehand lines. Step 1: Creating a custom shape with Inkscape Despite being easy to use software, Fritzing is not limited to simple designs. it's more artistic and just an example of a shape.ģ. so, forget the simplicity of the PCB itself. The focus of this tutorial is to show you how custom shapes can be made easily. For this tutorial, I created PCBrain, which is a brain-shaped PCB, based on my YouTube channel logo. Fritzing: also free and open-source, is the tool we will use to design the PCB (arrange the parts, do the routing, export the files to produce the PCB).ġ. We will use it to make the PCB shape, which will later be used in Fritzing to design the PCB.Ģ. Inkscape: is a free and open-source vector graphics editor.

OR if you don't want to spent a lot of time learning how to work with advanced softwares, because you make eventually a board or other. and need it in the shortest time as possible. If you are a beginner and need a PCB with custom shape.

Fritzing raspberry pi 2