From my experience (but I don't use PowerPCB)
I have seen it most commonly done as ONE board outline,
and just mark on your print which areas need to be flexible
and of what material.

good luck,
Jack






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Hi All,
I am in the process of looking into a flex-rigid board design which should
consist of 2 small 4 layer Rigid PCB's joined by a flexible circuit . I
have
not designed any flexible boards or hybrids before.

 My questions are mainly about what I need to do in my Layout Tool (Pads
Power PCB) . The board I described above consists of 2 rigid and 1 flexible
board , does this mean I have 3 separate board outlines in my Layout tool
?,
or am I better off with 3 separate PCB files and 3 sets of gerber files and
then using an assembly drawing to show how they should all join-up
together ?

It looks like in Power PCB that I can only have 1 Board outline I can't
have
one PCB file with 2 or more separate board outlines.
If anyone can give me a few pointers on my approach to laying out this
board
especially anyone who may have used Power PCB for flex-rigid boards I would
appreciate any comments you may have .

Many Thanks
Paul Noonan
Design Engineer
Eurologic Systems Ltd

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