With every PCB vendor that I've ever worked with, I've specified the drill sizes in 'size of finished hole, after plating', and the vendor has known what to do. -Alan
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:31 PM, John Luciani<jluci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:23 PM, gene glick > <[1]carzr...@optonline.net> wrote: > > how much does plating reduce the hole size? It just occurred to me > that > I have to allow for some reduction in finished hole size due to > the > plating and whatever other stuff goes on. > > Typically around 3-5mils. You should check with your PCB vendor > for a more accurate value. > (* jcl *) > > You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools. > [2]http://www.luciani.org > > References > > 1. mailto:carzr...@optonline.net > 2. http://www.luciani.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
