Re: gEDA-user: PCB pin hole size

[Mark Rages <markrages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:44:03 -0800, Matt Ettus <boyscout@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:51:31 -0200, Walter Fetter Lages
> <w.fetter@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Wojciech Kazubski wrote:
> 
> >         OK, but I think that it would be better to have the footprints with
> > correct size holes and leting PCB create a drilling mask file, with
> > crosses at hole centers.
> 
> 
> I have to agree here.  I wasted quite a bit of money and time on
> boards produced with holes that were too small.  The .1" headers and
> SMA connector are one example.
> 
> Somebody said that handmade single-sided boards can use the smaller
> holes.  This _may_ be true, but they could also use the larger holes
> without trouble.  The library should be fixed or removed, not left as
> is with a warning.
> 
> Matt

I also wasted a few hundred $ worth of boards because of this.  Please
fix or remove the library.

Regards,
Mark
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