Re: gEDA-user: soldermask relief in PCB

[Dan McMahill <dan@mcmahill.net>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 07:26:05PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> Create a new pad for the part with a thickness of zero, setting the
> x,y points and mask such that the resulting mask is the dimensions you
> need.  The gerber module will omit the flashes for the pad itself and
> its paste, but will still flash the mask.
> 
> I haven't tried this, but the code says it will work.  Assuming it
> lets you do a pad with thickness of zero in the first place.
> 
> Good luck ;-)

Thanks.  This seems to work, or at least partially work.  I haven't checked
to see if there are issues with needing to avoid traces near this
dummy pad.

-Dan

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