Mark Rages wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Tamas Szabo <sza2k...@freemail.hu> wrote: >> John Luciani wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Tamas Szabo <[1]sza2k...@freemail.hu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Can I make a pin without plating and put the footprint only to the >>> component side? If yes, how can I do it? >>> >>> It sounds like you want a copper ring with an unplated hole. IIRC >>> pins create copper on both sides. >> Is this mean that I unable to create a pin with one-side pattern? Or is >> it still possible some how? >> >>> A square pad with rounded corners is a circle. You could try placing a >>> mounting hole in the center of a component side square pad with >>> rounded corners. The fab may not produce a clean edge on the hole. >> Actually, I need to create a pinboard (bed of nails), in which case, >> sometimes (hopefully never) I should remove the solder from the pins to >> be able to remove the board itself and this operation is extremely hard >> if the holes are plated and soldered on both sides. >> >> Do anyone plan to implement this kind of functionality in pcb? >> >> /sza2 > > All the bed-of-nails pins I've seen have come in sockets. you solder > in the socket, then you can remove the pin by pulling on it.
Well, of course, I want to solder the "socket" itself (actually, it is a solderable gold plated wire-wrap socket). My current circuit can be fit to one side, but this would be a general problem. I understand, that it is possible to workaround the problem by making the desired component from pads and holes, wouldn't be nicer to make it possible to set a flag like "unplated" and "componentsideolny" on a pin? /sza2 > > Regards, > Mark > markra...@gmail _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user