How to get the coordinates right

[TravisM]

I created a quick how-to presentation that show roughly what I do to get the coordinates for Tayda drill templates. I use the method in the attached and a basic caliper to get the X,Y coordinates from the center of the drill template. Just make sure you print the document at 100% size. I'm certain there are other ways to do this, but this is my method.

 

[Barry]

Nice, I just draw a vertical center line up the middle, measure and add a horizontal and measure with mm ruler

 

[MarX Halvick]

Adobe Acrobat has a great ruler tool, you can use that ! More precise, no need to print and no print scaling error !

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

You can copy the drill template to Illustrator, set your "zero" to the center of the artboard (tip: enable center mark in artboard options) and measure from there clicking with the measure tool, zoomed, in to get precise X-Y coordinates (you'll have to inverse some numbers as the axis are opposite from the drill tool, anyway you'll be able to visually confirm on the Tayda drill tool). If you're already doing UV printing, it's an easy way as you'll have all this in your design file already.

 

[finebyfine]

Adobe Acrobat has a great ruler tool, you can use that ! More precise, no need to print and no print scaling error !

Does the free version of Acrobat have this? A while ago I recorded a video tutorial that I haven't edited together and I wanted to cover this in addition to Illustrator but I couldn't find a way to install the free Acrobat while I had Acrobat Pro installed. If it's in the free version this is gonna become my go to recommendation

 

[MarX Halvick]

Does the free version of Acrobat have this? A while ago I recorded a video tutorial that I haven't edited together and I wanted to cover this in addition to Illustrator but I couldn't find a way to install the free Acrobat while I had Acrobat Pro installed. If it's in the free version this is gonna become my go to recommendation

not sure that the free version has it. if not, it is highly probable that a free alternative does

The illustrator way is more precise and useful since I use it to prepare my printing templates too.

 

[apc42069]

I import the drill template PDF to illustrator, select the centers, bam- the coordinates are right there (save for a single addition or subtraction from half the enclosure value to compensate for tayda’s matrix)

 

[Feral Feline]

One small suggestion: Add "Tayda" and "Drill" to the title of the thread to make it easier to find with the search engines.

Thanks for the PDF!

 

[Rpschultz13]

The method you describe is good and I've done it before like that. But it is sometimes better to measure off the PCB. Also, 16mm right angle pots... have a 16mm offset from the pins to the center of the dial. So with a little math you can come up with the drill coordinates that way too.

 

[WrendorWC]

I'm confused about the top jacks on the PedalPCB layouts. Why does the printout show the very top of the paper flaring out like that? How do you find the coordinates for the top jacks in Illustrator if they layout isn't square?

(I suspect it matters less because most / all of the PCBs don't directly connect to those jacks, but I'm just curious).

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I'm confused about the top jacks on the PedalPCB layouts. Why does the printout show the very top of the paper flaring out like that? How do you find the coordinates for the top jacks in Illustrator if they layout isn't square?

(I suspect it matters less because most / all of the PCBs don't directly connect to those jacks, but I'm just curious).

It’s because the walls of an enclosure are tapered. Since that part should be the same on all PPCB templates tho, I just grab the coordinates from that part for any random verified template