[kicad-users] Re: Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-21 Thread oecherexpat
Looks like we are missing a pad-stack editor. I am sure I will run into the sam issue soon: Nex board will be a 4-layer and I know that at least one of the PBC manufacturers doesn't want unconnected inner annular rings. Is it already on the wish list? Cheers, Heiko --- In

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-21 Thread kajdas
The one I am dealing with wants the outside rings to be at least 0.005 but the inner ones to be at least 0.010 inches. It must be some kind of manufacturing issue (accuracy? alignment?). Either way it boils down to the same problem: different pad sizes for different layers. Martin

[kicad-users] Re: Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-21 Thread oecherexpat
Yep, it's a pretty common requirement to have inner rings larger than the ones on the surface. And, yes, it has something to do with accuracy at the stacking process. So, we are back to square one which means editing the GERBER files or choosing a different manufacturer Cheers, Heiko ---

[kicad-users] Re: Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-17 Thread Doug Deeds
Just out of curiousity, who is your board house? Doug --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, mkajdas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PCB house DRC check complains about vias having pads on inner layers. How to have via pads on the outside and no pads inside the board on 4 layer board? The inner

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-17 Thread kajdas
www.4pcb.com Doug Deeds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiousity, who is your board house? Doug --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, mkajdas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My PCB house DRC check complains about vias having pads on inner layers. How to have via pads on the outside

[kicad-users] Re: Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-17 Thread Bob_xyz
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, kajdas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I did that, I use standard vias, 0.01 drill. 0.025 pad, no micro, no buried, no blind. I just need to specify different pad size (or remove) on inner layer. I'd suggest making the via sizes an odd-ball number, say