Cory Papenfuss wrote: > I thought about that... making different footprints that don't > have copper on the component side of the pins. Since that would require > making new footprints for pretty much everything,
Well, you could do the heavy lifting with an awk script: If the current line is a pin, set the diameter of the pin to zero and add a hole flag ouput a round pad with the diameter of the pins annular ring else, output the current line unchanged. > I was hoping for a > different solution... :) It seems like it would be a relatively common > thing for hobbyists to want (whether it's a milled or home-etched board), > so I thought there might be a setting on the autorouter config to "ignore > component hold plating" or something. IMHO, the copperless pin solution is superior. It models the layout like it is in reality. That said, both autorouters have a problem with user level configuration, or rather the lack thereof. Features that would make auto routing a much more viable option than it is now: * alternatively minimize via count, or minimize overall track length * options to not autoroute particular nets/pins/components * track parameters that depend on the net it connects * preferred routing direction of a layer * Non-copper avoid-areas with different levels of importance. (prefer-to-avoid --> avoid at all cost) ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.de http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 increasingly unhappy with moderation of geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user