Re: gEDA-user: PCB, Postscript and holes

["harry eaton" <bumpelo@comcast.net>]

There aren't supposed to be holes in the postscript output unless you choose
"drill helper".
The drill itself is supposed to define the hole, thus the pads are always
supposed to be solid
copper to start.

h.

----- Original Message -----
From: "silvestre joel" <j.silvestre@tele2.fr>
To: <geda-user@seul.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: gEDA-user: PCB, Postscript and holes


> In order to increase the copper area of the DIL footprint I added a pad
> over the pin:
>
> Element[0x00000000 "dil8" "" "" 32500 70000 0 0 0 100 0x00000000]
> (
> Pin[30000 0 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "8" 0x00004001]
> Pin[30000 10000 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "7" 0x00004001]
> Pin[30000 20000 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "6" 0x00004001]
> Pin[30000 30000 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "5" 0x08004001]
> Pin[0 30000 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "4" 0x08004001]
> Pin[0 20000 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "3" 0x08004001]
> Pin[0 10000 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "2" 0x08004001]
> Pin[0 0 6000 5000 6600 3800 "" "1" 0x08004001]
> Pad[-2500 0 2500 0 6000 5000 8000 "" "1" 0x00000000]
> Pad[-2500 10000 2500 10000 6000 5000 8000 "" "2" 0x00000000]
> Pad[-2500 20000 2500 20000 6000 5000 8000 "" "3" 0x00000000]
> Pad[-2500 30000 2500 30000 6000 5000 8000 "" "4" 0x00000000]
> Pad[27500 30000 32500 30000 6000 5000 8000 "" "5" 0x00004000]
> Pad[27500 20000 32500 20000 6000 5000 8000 "" "6" 0x00004000]
> Pad[27500 10000 32500 10000 6000 5000 8000 "" "7" 0x00004000]
> Pad[27500 0 32500 0 6000 5000 8000 "" "8" 0x00004000]
> Pad[-2500 0 2500 0 6000 5000 8000 "" "1" 0x00000080]
> Pad[-2500 10000 2500 10000 6000 5000 8000 "" "2" 0x00000080]
> Pad[-2500 20000 2500 20000 6000 5000 8000 "" "3" 0x00000080]
> Pad[-2500 30000 2500 30000 6000 5000 8000 "" "4" 0x00000080]
> Pad[27500 30000 32500 30000 6000 5000 8000 "" "5" 0x00004080]
> Pad[27500 20000 32500 20000 6000 5000 8000 "" "6" 0x00004080]
> Pad[27500 10000 32500 10000 6000 5000 8000 "" "7" 0x00004080]
> Pad[27500 0 32500 0 6000 5000 8000 "" "8" 0x00004080]
> ElementLine [-5000 -5000 -5000 35000 1000]
> ElementLine [-5000 35000 35000 35000 1000]
> ElementLine [35000 35000 35000 -5000 1000]
> ElementLine [-5000 -5000 10000 -5000 1000]
> ElementLine [20000 -5000 35000 -5000 1000]
> ElementArc [15000 -5000 5000 5000 0 180 1000]
>
> )
>
> Works fine but holes disappears on postscript output.
> Is there a way to overcome this problem?
>
> Joel
>
>