Hi George
Guess I have been looking at Steve Gregory's posts too long . . .
Everybody here knows "he gets a lot of bounce off an email"

We use a CAM 350 piece of software (pc gerber);
copied this from
CAM Editor Help
Analysis | Copper Area
The Copper Area command calculates the amount of copper used in your design.
It can report on a single layer, multiple layers or multiple layers with the
surface area of all holes. Copper in holes will only be reported on the Top
and Bottom layers. This information can be used to determine the current
settings for electroplate operations in board fabrication.
Note: For more accurate results, extract drill data for plated through-holes
just prior to running Copper Area. Extract the drill data for non-plated
holes after you have the copper area calculated.

Hope this helps,
Good Luck

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   George Gerberick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   Wednesday, October 11, 2000 6:25 PM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        [TN] Copper measurement

                We are looking for the least expensive way of measuring
total surface copper
                thickness on a finished circuit board.
                Typical areas would not be covered by soldermask but may
have white tin,
                ni-au or solder. Equipment I have used in
                the past was for copper in the hole, not surface. Any
suggestions?


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