{"id":297,"date":"2022-10-10T12:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pcbinvestigator.de\/en\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:25:29","slug":"panel-builder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/features\/fabrication-tools\/panel-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table edition-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><table class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/basic\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"27\">BASIC<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/ultimate\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"29\">ULTIMATE<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/fabrication\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">FABRICATION<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/production-control\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"34\">PRODUCTION CONTROL<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/developer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"36\">DEVELOPER<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/pcb-investigator\/physics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"38\">PHYSICS<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\u2713<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#68696a;font-size:16px\">Efficient PCB panel designs with the Panel Builder plugin in PCB Investigator!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nesting_Blog_0.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1023\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Panel Builder<\/strong><\/em> is a <em><strong>powerful plugin from PCB Investigator <\/strong><\/em>that allows you to combine PCB designs into a panel. With this tool, you can arrange your PCBs on a panel and increase productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Different options help you arranging the PCBs in a certain pattern or with a certain distance. Rotating single PCBs or all of them is possible as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a transform area with minimum distance to move all steps as close as possible to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some important options to create your own panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list el-padding-left-30\">\n<li><strong>Add new Step<\/strong>&nbsp;gives you a simple option to create a empty step to fill it with your panel data or use it as &#8220;dummy&#8221; PCB without content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Import Step<\/strong>&nbsp;loads other data and imports a step from the other design e.g. combine GenCad or IPC2581 data with your ODB++ design in one panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Create Panel<\/em><\/strong> creates a new panel with desired attributes both simple and optimized with nesting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And further numerous advantages such as &#8220;<em><strong>Set Fiducials<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; facilitate you the generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Automate your processes and save time and money with our so called nesting algorithm!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/panelbuild.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" data-id=\"2790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/panelbuild-1024x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/panelbuild-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/panelbuild-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/panelbuild-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/panelbuild.jpg 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/create-panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"488\" data-id=\"2791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/create-panel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/create-panel.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/create-panel-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/set-fiducial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"2792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/set-fiducial.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/set-fiducial.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/set-fiducial-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/download-pcb-investigator\/\" style=\"border-radius:5px;background-color:#eaebef;color:#252d5c\">Download PCB-Investigator with all plug-ins for free testing &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#abb8c3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Downloads\/Links<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manual.pcb-investigator.com\/pages\/panel_builder\">\u00bb PCBI Manual | Panel Builder<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BASIC ULTIMATE FABRICATION PRODUCTION CONTROL DEVELOPER PHYSICS \u2713 \u2713 \u2713 Efficient PCB panel designs with the Panel Builder plugin in PCB Investigator! 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