This was Advanced Circuits. They actually strip out the 'negative space' automatically, but they put your file on hold until you call and tell them it's okay to keep going.
Doesn't seem to be a problem if you keep your silk off your pads .. which is what you're _supposed_ to do! Phil DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My board house has complained about the way that my files have the > > silk removed from pins and pads. (20050609) They said my gerbers > > had a 'negative space' call to get the pads cleared of silk > > information. They dumped my project into hold because of this. > > (something to be aware of). > > Yeah, we talked about this before. We have two options: > > 1. Take out the clears and rely on DRC to warn of silk over pins/pads. > > 2. Fight back. > > Anyway, we should probably keep track of which fabs have problems with > this, even if only to see if it's a bad idea to implement it. >
