Re: gEDA-user: pcb surface mount structural pad

["John Luciani" <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/20/07, James Moody <moody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm creating a newlib footprint for a surface-mount flex-pc connector.
>
> The recommended pad pattern includes pads for each pin and two large
> solder pads for structural attachment. How does one designate these
> solder pads as not being connected to any network?  Is this done in the
> .fp file?  I read Stuart Brorson's excellent document "Footprint
> creation for the open-source layout program 'PCB'", but this particular
> situation is not covered.

Create a pad without a pin number.

I do this on my FPC connectors at

http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html

(* jcl *)

-- 
http://www.luciani.org


_______________________________________________
geda-user mailing list
geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user