Re: gEDA-user: Polygon islands in PCB

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:22:50 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:21:47PM -0700, Dave N6NZ wrote:
>> Is there some trick I don't know for insetting a smaller rectangle
>> inside a larger one that gives me automatic clearance?
> 
> Sure, draw an enclosed box with traces (not connected to anything).  The
> hole will be removed.  The trace (which is probably harmless, but might
> accidentally be some kind of great waveguide antenna at some wavelength)
> will still be there. 

pcb will tolerate a linewidth set to to zero. A few months back I did 
zero width pads with large clearance to expose some copper text. The fab 
did not complain and the mask contained holes as expected.

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