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On Tue, 15 May 2007, DJ Delorie wrote: > >Having made a number of boards at home now, I'm thinking the drill >helper could be better. My local copy does this instead: If you check >"drill helper", all pins are drawn with a much smaller drill hole. >I.e. it doesn't draw the normal-sized hole at all, so if the drill is >off-center, you won't have a gap between the hole and the copper. >Instead, it only etches a small amount of copper at the center, to >help you center the drill. > >Comments? Good idea, what would be the "much smaller drill hole"? If it's too small, it can disappear with toner transfer, if it's too big it doesn't center the drill. I would suggest ~0.4 mm. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

