On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Ian Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I thought that I was able to connect my layout footprints without > problems. What I am finding is that with some of the smaller smt parts > that I am not able to get the trace close to the pad. I started with > TQFP100_14.fp that I pulled into my footprints from the distribution. > It has pads defined the old way "Pad(-75 39 -25 39 11 "1" 0x00)" without > a clearance and mask defined. I updated it to the new format "Pad[-7500 > 5800 -2500 5800 1100 300 1200 "" "2" "square"]" and still have the > situation that I'm not able to terminate the trace on the pad. Even > using the Skinny lines width 5.0 and spacing 5.0 I'm not able to connect > to the pad. It is fine with 0603 and soic8 parts. All suggestions will > be gratefully accepted. Regards Ian.
* Try turning of the pads and see if there is a small amount amount of copper under the pad. * Are your traces and pads on the same side of the board? * Can you connect with with "auto enforce DRC clearance" off? (* jcl *) -- http://www.luciani.org _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user