Ok, so the solder mask is a coating, and if I choose I could simply order a
board without one. I suppose the advantages would be that it (obviously)
keeps you from soldering where you shouldn't, and also keeps the board clean
looking and prevents corrosion. And I suppose that since I've already
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 11:50:57AM -0400, Jeremy Pedersen wrote:
If it's the lesstif version, it's in the Tools menu. In the GTK
version, you can use the buttons on the left.
Ok. Is it the THRM button? If so, I can't get it to work. I click it, and it
gives me a small black symbol
Jeremy,
Create a polygon around your via. Make sure you have the polygons layer
active. Now use the therm tool to click on the via.
Steve M.
Jeremy Pedersen wrote:
Ok, so the solder mask is a coating, and if I choose I could simply
order a board without one. I suppose the advantages would be
Oh, maybe I should clarify: The pcb I am recreating has components with
square pads: that is what I am trying to do. I have done this by placing a
rectangle around a via in the component layer and also in the solder layer.
I am using the component layer as my top layer and the solder layer as my
Oh, maybe I should clarify: The pcb I am recreating has components with
square pads: that is what I am trying to do.
Use the 'q' key to change pins/pads from round to square and back.
Also, if I wanted to have this manufactured and I only wanted to pay for a
two layer board (after all, the
Use the 'q' key to change pins/pads from round to square and back.
Oh okay: thanks. I guess I'd better go ahead and convert all of these vias
and my silk layer stuff to elements first.
Yup.
Okay then. I know what to do about the ground plane now.
Thanks much,
Jeremy
Hello,
I'm working on recreating a printed circuit board from a screenshot, and --
having aligned all the vias and traces as closely as I could with the
original artwork -- would like to recreate the ground plane by hand.
However, I can't seem to keep get polygons to stick, for lack of a better
Ok, after an astoundingly short (five minute) search, I found the solution
to the polygon problem: whoops. RTFM, I suppose.
However, my other two questions still stand:
Also, this is a two layer board: the top layer traces are in the component
layer, and the bottom layer traces are in the
On 3/24/07, Jeremy Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And one last thing: Some of the vias have rectangular copper bits around
them, presumably to catch more solder and create a little heat sink (just a
guess: I really don't know). So far, I've just been placing vias and drawing
the rectangular
Well, technically the almost all the vias are going to have something
soldered into them: I had to create all of the elements for the PCB by hand,
and instead of creating real elements I just drew outlines in the silk
layer and placed vias where pins will go. The documentation says this is a
bad
On 3/24/07, Jeremy Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, technically the almost all the vias are going to have something
soldered into them: I had to create all of the elements for the PCB by hand,
and instead of creating real elements I just drew outlines in the silk
layer and placed vias
Well, technically the almost all the vias are going to have
something soldered into them: I had to create all of the elements
for the PCB by hand, and instead of creating real elements I just
drew outlines in the silk layer and placed vias where pins will
go. The documentation says this is a
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