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<style>.e_editor{font:14px/24px Arial,'microsoft yahei','Times New Roman','b8bf53';}.e_editor div,e_editor p,e_editor td,e_editor th,e_editor li{font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;}.e_editor ul{margin:-10px 0 20px;}.e_editor li{padding:5px 0;}.e_table{width:96%;border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show;}.e_table th,.e_table td{padding:5px;border:2px solid #eee;}.e_img{padding:10px 0;text-align:center;}.e_p{line-height:20px;padding:0 0 20px;text-indent:0em;}</style><p><br/></p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;text-indent:0em;">A lot of the board houses out there including Seeed and ITead studios have a fixed size for circuit boards before the price goes up. A one-inch square board costs the same as a much larger 5cm x 5cm board, making panelized PCBs a great way to get more boards for the same amount of money. Trying to panelize a board in Eagle with copy and paste is a chore without the right tools, though, so we’re happy to see a great panelization tutorial from Victor.</span> </p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;text-indent:0em;"><br/></span> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;text-indent:0em;"><img src="https://jpfile1.oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com/allpcb/web/image/20190605/6369534083936198002952467.jpg" alt="112819344.jpg"/></span> </p><p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;text-indent:0em;"><br/></span> </p><p><span style="font-size:16px;">To panelize one of his boards for a <a href="https://www.allpcb.com/order_pcbs_from_china.html" target="_blank">PCB order</a>, Victor used one of Eagle’s User Language Programs to duplicate the part names on the additional boards. After that, it was a simple matter of running a CAM job to generate the necessary Gerber files.</span> </p><p><span style="font-size:16px;">Of course once the boards arrive, you’ll have to cut them apart from each other. This can be done with everything from a Dremel to a hack saw to a metal shear, but we’re wondering what other Hackaday readers are using to cut up PCBs. Leave a note in the comments with your preferred method of depanelization.</span> </p><p><br/></p>