Most pads and pins of our footprint libraries have solder mask relief which extends the copper pad to allow some misalignment of solder resist.
I have noticed that this extend is very different for different footprints -- from 3 to 10 mil I guess. I think this extend in more a board property than a property of individual footprints, because misalignment of solder resist is a board property of whole board. So I would like to have solder mask extend equal for all my footprints on my board (8 mil I would like). (Yes, I know that there can be good reason to have different solder mask extend for individual footprints, i.e. to build mask which cover adjoining pads (gang solder mask)) Question: How can I make solder mask relief extends equal for all my pads (pins) on the board? I know I can increase/decrease it for individuals pads, but I want an absolute value for all elements. I think it can be done with a script which processes all footprint files before inserting them into the board -- is there a better way or fine script available? For copper clearance situation is similar I guess. Best regards Stefan Salewski _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
