Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

[Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@xxxxxxx>]

Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> I have created some custom pcb footprints, but their soldermask
> clearance is way too big: The pads onb my PLCC32 and smd resonator are
> free from soldermask, but everything in between them, too.
> 
> I already tried
> âchangeclearsize(selectedobjects, thickness/2+0.1mm
> and
> changeclearsize(selectedobjects, 0.35, mm)
> (I don't know, how they're supposed to work, I just saw them at
> http://geda.seul.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geda:pcb_tips, but they didn't
> do anything as far as I can see; I used ":", then entered the commands
> in the window that appeared).
> 
> Philipp
> 

It seems you have to" enable view soldermask" for the clearance command
to work.

Philipp