DJ Delorie wrote: >> So.... is there any way I can quickly get back to a filled rectangle for >> every pad? Otherwise I'm going to abandon doing this out of PCB and do >> it the "right" way, which is to figure out a way to read the gerber. > > Back to? I don't recall it ever being that way. PCB uses filled > rectangles when the pads are square, and lines for all other pads.
Yup. It used to -- although it may have been a pretty ancient version, I'll admit that. > > You could write a HID just to export the paste layer "your way" ;-) Yes, well, I've considered that. But the bottom line is I really should be processing a gerber file for this information, so if I'm going to do a specialized exporter, I'm more inclined to put it in the correct place in the tool flow. > > Also, if you look in hid/ps/ps.c's ps_draw_line(), you'll see a > commented-out piece of code that redirects square paste lines to > fill_rect so that ps_fill_rect can "outline" them. Maybe you could > enable that code? Yes, that kind of quick hack is what I need for tonight. > >> Anyway... we *really* need a rational paste layer in pcb. > > Yup. BTW -- there is a place in Alabama that is going to be doing SMT assembly in small volumes targeting prototyping and hobbyists. http://lilbro.mosquito.net.nz/index.html Single sided, no BGA (well, no inspection or guarantee's on BGA to be more precise). I've exchanged a few e-mails with he guy. He sounds quite interested in getting us the information we would need to create a smooth path into his equipment. His is a no-stencil process -- not sure what he needs to drive it -- I'm assuming X/Y/picoliters or such. -dave _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
