Re: gEDA-user: un-tented vias and solder mask

2010-04-16 Thread Richard de Rivaz
Hi I have a similar problem. I am using pcb v20080202-2 on Ubuntu and have found that certain pads do not appear in the solder mask when exported as Gerber files. I wonder if anyone else has come across this problem and any way of forcing all pads to be included. Regards Richard

Re: gEDA-user: un-tented vias and solder mask

2010-04-16 Thread timecop
Thats funny, i'd rather HAVE my vias covered with solder mask. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Richard de Rivaz rich...@mdr.co.uk wrote:   Hi   I have a similar problem. I am using pcb v20080202-2 on Ubuntu and have   found that certain pads do not appear in the solder mask when exported  

Re: gEDA-user: un-tented vias and solder mask

2010-04-16 Thread gene glick
timecop wrote: Thats funny, i'd rather HAVE my vias covered with solder mask. Me too, but there's merit to both ways. I work with a guy who made all the vias visible, but placed them so badly that stuff shorted to them all the time - like a metal can from a crystal, *bad*. I had him just

Re: gEDA-user: un-tented vias and solder mask

2010-04-16 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:16:53 -0400, gene glick wrote: For me, if I need to solder to a via, it's easy to scrape the soldermask off with an exacto. Minimum sized vias are hard to solder (12 mil hole, 28 mil annular ring). But you can push a patch wire through a non-tented via.