write a "how to" for routing and designing pcbs

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I want to write a direction set for using the hand routing tools that we
currently have available to the user's best advantage.

Of course this will change over time, as the tools change, but would be
good to have some directions.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jenn...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2009 at 1:51

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this will be reassigned to Omer, but i can't get him in the system yet.

Original comment by jenn...@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2009 at 10:41

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Omer is now in the system!

he's has started this tutorial at 
http://fritzing.org/learning/tutorials/designing-pcb/
and is going to make some changes i suggested.

Here was my feedback:
1) can you label the pictures? or perhaps space them better in the text. For 
example,
under the PCB view heading, there's a bunch of texts and then two pictures that
follow, but it isn't so clear what the pictures are about.

2) Maybe you can add another page about what's in the different layers that can 
be
linked to from the Designing a PCB text

3) regarding " Arranging parts on the board" section, can you include the tips 
that
Brendan gave you?  Also mention the USB connector outline on the Arduino 
Shield. 
It's there so people are aware that the metal there could short a circuit.

4) in the  "Auto-routing" heading, can you be more explicit about what the 
following
functions:
a) exclude from auto route
b) skip a trace

and  when you say "You might want to tell Fritzing to exclude some connections 
from
autorouting"  - can you explain more why you would want to do this?

5) The Hand-routing sections needs way more content and needs to be clarified. 
How
about drawing traces by hand?

Original comment by jenn...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2009 at 3:29

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this is a year old; can we close it?

Original comment by irasc...@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2010 at 7:44

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Original comment by andre.knoerig@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2010 at 9:32

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