--- In [email protected], "Danilo Uccelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2007/2/9, jamesgailer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > How can I suppress the solder stop mask around the perimeter of a PCB? > > Hi, > > In my opinion, you cannot place tracks on the Mask Components and the > Mask copper layers but you can create a special package which is > composed only by pads with the special geometry that you need on these > layers an place it around your board. >
I thought about suggesting that, but I thought it would be a bit messy having one big pad "over the top" of the others. I think it is worth pointing out that mods like this are very easily carried out by modding the photoplots. The simple gerber viewers such as GC-Prevue will not do this (you need a paid for version), but any commercial PCB producers usually pass your photoplots through fancy software that has no problem with doing this, just ask them to cut e.g. 3mm of the edge of the solder mask.
