Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread Oliver King-Smith
   So I tried adding an Arc statement to my footprint, but I am getting a
   syntax error on import.  Here is a snippet of the pcb file, that was
   generated from my footprint with an Arc inside it.
   Element[ soic-08-d.fp U? unknown 0 0 0 0 0 100 ]
   (
   Pad [-12204 -15000 -12204 -15000 4000 8000 12800 f1  
   ]
   Arc [-13188 -15000 12800 12800 1000 1000 0 180  ]
   Pad [ 12204 15000 12204 15000 4000 8000 12800 f2   ]
   I am guessing Elements are not allowed Arcs.  Is there another way to
   place an arc into a footprint?
   Oliver
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   Ringing it with copper certainly would work.  PCB doesn't have a
   generic keep out feature yet.
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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread John Luciani
Arcs aren't allowed in footprints. You can overlay rectangular pads
along an arc if you need to.

The footprint I use for fiducials is below. The request from the
assembly house was 1mm pad with 3mm clearance. The board that
assembled my last board did not mention any problems (and the
board worked ;)

(* jcl *)



Element[0x0 FIDUCIAL   0 0 0 0 0 100 0x0]
(
   Pad[0 0 0 0 3937 7874 11811  1 0x0800]
   Pad[0 0 0 0 3937 7874 11811  1 0x0880]
)


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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:54:00 -0500
John Luciani jluci...@gmail.com wrote:

 Arcs aren't allowed in footprints. [...]

This begs the question, since arcs can be placed on the silk layer in a 
footprint, is there a particular reason why PCB couldn't be tweaked to allow 
them on copper layers?

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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread Markus Hitter


Am 05.12.2010 um 18:54 schrieb John Luciani:


Arcs aren't allowed in footprints.


D'oh. Neither me nor my copy of PCB knew that so this rectangle with  
rounded corners worked fine:


ElementLine [-46000 -12450 46000 -12450 1000]
ElementLine [-46000  12450 46000  12450 1000]
ElementLine [-5 -8450 -5  8450 1000]
ElementLine [ 5 -8450  5  8450 1000]
ElementArc [-46000 -8450 4000 4000 270 90 1000]
ElementArc [ 46000 -8450 4000 4000 180 90 1000]
ElementArc [-46000  8450 4000 4000   0 90 1000]
ElementArc [ 46000  8450 4000 4000  90 90 1000]


Markus

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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread Steven Michalske
This is in the silkscreen of the footprint.

Steve

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Markus Hitter m...@jump-ing.de wrote:

 Am 05.12.2010 um 18:54 schrieb John Luciani:

 Arcs aren't allowed in footprints.

 D'oh. Neither me nor my copy of PCB knew that so this rectangle with rounded
 corners worked fine:

 ElementLine [-46000 -12450 46000 -12450 1000]
 ElementLine [-46000  12450 46000  12450 1000]
 ElementLine [-5 -8450 -5  8450 1000]
 ElementLine [ 5 -8450  5  8450 1000]
 ElementArc [-46000 -8450 4000 4000 270 90 1000]
 ElementArc [ 46000 -8450 4000 4000 180 90 1000]
 ElementArc [-46000  8450 4000 4000   0 90 1000]
 ElementArc [ 46000  8450 4000 4000  90 90 1000]


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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread Oliver King-Smith
   The problem with this approach is exactly what started off my quest for
   the Arc.  Namely the autorouter is routing through the keepout space on
   the fiducials.
   Oliver
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   From: John Luciani jluci...@gmail.com
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   Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 9:54:00 AM
   Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials  blocking solder paste
   Arcs aren't allowed in footprints. You can overlay rectangular pads
   along an arc if you need to.
   The footprint I use for fiducials is below. The request from the
   assembly house was 1mm pad with 3mm clearance. The board that
   assembled my last board did not mention any problems (and the
   board worked ;)
   (* jcl *)
   Element[0x0 FIDUCIAL   0 0 0 0 0 100 0x0]
   (
 Pad[0 0 0 0 3937 7874 11811  1 0x0800]
 Pad[0 0 0 0 3937 7874 11811  1 0x0880]
   )
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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-05 Thread Levente Kovacs
Hi,


Attached is a fiducial example.

Enjoy!

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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-04 Thread DJ Delorie

Two notes:

1. Clearance is clearance in polygons, not the line/space rule.

2. Add the nopaste flag to the pad.


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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-04 Thread Oliver King-Smith
   Is there a way to protect the fiducial?  For example I could attempt
   to ring it with copper.
   Oliver
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   Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials  blocking solder paste
   Two notes:
   1. Clearance is clearance in polygons, not the line/space rule.
   2. Add the nopaste flag to the pad.
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Re: gEDA-user: Clearance in fiducials blocking solder paste

2010-12-04 Thread DJ Delorie

Ringing it with copper certainly would work.  PCB doesn't have a
generic keep out feature yet.


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