Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 01:39:55PM -0500, Phil Taylor wrote: > > Karel and Kai, > > I've been polling. You both have been outspoken on footprint creation, so to > speak. > > Do you make footprints in a text editor or just on-screen? I make them onscreen only. It used to be a pain in the ass

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread kmk
Phil Taylor wrote: > I've been polling. You both have been outspoken on footprint creation, so to > speak. I have done only one footprint from scratch and modified the massive amount of three. So I did not feel like I could contribute a stable opinion. > > Do you make footprints in a text edit

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread Phil Taylor
Karel, whoops, I just saw your footprint creation guide ... very uh, detailed. Phil

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread Phil Taylor
Karel and Kai, I've been polling. You both have been outspoken on footprint creation, so to speak. Do you make footprints in a text editor or just on-screen? Phil kmk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > > That's because I missed it there out. Next time I used the guide

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread Stuart Brorson
> Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > > That's because I missed it there out. Next time I used the guideline I > > had fixed it. And I also did other enhancements. Current version is at: > > http://ronja.twibright.com/guidelines/footprints.php > > Karel, please make sure, that the footprint creation check l

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread kmk
Karel Kulhavy wrote: > That's because I missed it there out. Next time I used the guideline I > had fixed it. And I also did other enhancements. Current version is at: > http://ronja.twibright.com/guidelines/footprints.php Karel, please make sure, that the footprint creation check list in the wik

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-24 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:41:14PM +0100, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > Dan McMahill wrote: > > Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > >> Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > >> > >>> I have created some custom pcb footprints, but their soldermask > >>> clearance is way too big: The pads onb my PLCC32 and smd reso

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread Carlos Nieves Ónega
El mié, 22-03-2006 a las 15:50 -0500, Stuart Brorson escribió: > > It seems I should pay more attention to the manual "where there's nice > > short instructions for creating footprints, which doesn't cover things > > like soldermasks though" (and less to the wiki, where there is an > > obscure 36-s

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread Stuart Brorson
> It seems I should pay more attention to the manual "where there's nice > short instructions for creating footprints, which doesn't cover things > like soldermasks though" (and less to the wiki, where there is an > obscure 36-step instruction to create footprints, but it doesn't say > that you sho

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Dan McMahill wrote: > Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: >> Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: >> >>> I have created some custom pcb footprints, but their soldermask >>> clearance is way too big: The pads onb my PLCC32 and smd resonator are >>> free from soldermask, but everything in between them, too. >>> >>> I

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread Dan McMahill
Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: I have created some custom pcb footprints, but their soldermask clearance is way too big: The pads onb my PLCC32 and smd resonator are free from soldermask, but everything in between them, too. I already tried “changeclearsize(selectedobj

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread DJ Delorie
> It seems you have to" enable view soldermask" for the clearance > command to work. ChangeClearSize changes the polygon clearance normally, but if the mask is showing, it changes the mask clearance instead.

Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > I have created some custom pcb footprints, but their soldermask > clearance is way too big: The pads onb my PLCC32 and smd resonator are > free from soldermask, but everything in between them, too. > > I already tried > “changeclearsize(selectedobjects, thickness/2+0.

gEDA-user: pcb footprint creation: Soldermask clearance

2006-03-22 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
I have created some custom pcb footprints, but their soldermask clearance is way too big: The pads onb my PLCC32 and smd resonator are free from soldermask, but everything in between them, too. I already tried “changeclearsize(selectedobjects, thickness/2+0.1mm and changeclearsize(selectedobjects,