Re: gEDA-user: Method to put a hole into a plane?

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 19:59 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:03:34 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > I've done that before by drawing thin lines in the plane, but you end up
> > with extra copper lines "outlining" your holes.
> 
> I use lines with zero thickness and large clearance to cut holes for text 
> in copper planes. My preferred fab did not complain about the zero 
> thickness, but rendered the design exactly as expected. Probably I am not 
> the first pcb designer who plays such dirty tricks.

As I wrote some minutes before:
I would use non zero thickness and remove the lines in the gerbers.
gerbv 2.3 can do this, or we may employ a script for post process
gerbers.




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