> while some people have homebrewed their own 4 layer boards, Around here, I think I'm the only one, and even I send the bigger board out to be made.
> Has anyone sent the output from PCB to PCB Train? I've used 4pcb, protoexpress, and pcb-pool so far. None have had problems with pcb's output. > Anyone got a good guess what they mean by 'flashed pads'? I've asked them, > but not got an answer yet (My guess are pads that are a different width > than the trace lines. Their technical document says they use 'flashed > pads' to recognise the ends of nets for electrical testing). There are two ways to draw pads: draw them as a line from A to B, just like a trace; or draw them with a special gerber code that says "draw shape AB here". The second way is flashing, but you need an aperture code for each pad length/width/direction/shape combination. Also, the HID doesn't have a hook for doing whole-pads, although I keep thinking about adding one. So, pcb always draws them as lines. Same for pins; we draw the circle as a filled circle, not as a flashed pin. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
