Re: gEDA-user: more element confusion

[Stephen Meier <smeier@AlchemyResearch.com>]

Stephen Meier wrote:

> DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > > Pin(X Y Thickneess DrillingHole Name PinNumber Flags)
> > >
> > > But in the actual files are found pins like:
> > >
> > > Pin(0 0 70 30 70 28 "" "1" 0x00000101)
> > >
> > > Note the extera two parameters.  What are they?
> > >   
> >
> > PCB accepts five different pin syntaxes, to support backwards
> > compatibility.  The latest is as follows:
> >
> > Pin(X Y Thickness Clearance Mask DrillingHole Name PinNumber Flags)
> >
> >
> >  
> Pin Macro:
>          x, y, thickness, clearance, mask, drilling hole, name, 
> number, flags
>
> x,y - location of center of hole
>
> thickness -  size of pad surounding hole
>
> clearence   - seperation between pad and surrounding polygons
>
> mask  -  shadow mask clearence
opps old job confusing me... not shadow mask.... but solder mask.... 
solder mask being a covering material which prevents solder from 
sticking .. causing shorts to a copper  area... trace ... 
polygon...whatever.


> drilling hole - size of drill bit
>
> name  - name of hole text
>
> number - hole number for an object
>
> flags - make the pad square et al