I just tried that, and it seems that pad size is limited to 250 mils. I can't anyplace where that maximum is adjustable. :( Marshall -----Original Message----- From: owner-geda-user@xxxxxxxx on behalf of Phil Taylor Sent: Sat 1/14/2006 3:46 PM To: geda-user@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Clearing polygons in soldermask Couldn't open soldermask be achieved thru creating a surfmount pad that is really big and making it into an element? Or a surfmount pad with no size and a very large mask area? If you just want to add heatsink area for a sot-223, this would seem to be good enough. Phil DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'd like to clear a polygon in a soldermask, because I'd like to > > have the option of soldering some sheet metal to the surface > > later. Has this recently been made possible in PCB, either through a > > key command, a command window entry, or even editing the layout > > file? > > Still can't be done. We've talked about it a few times though. >
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