uh.. theres no way to specify route/fill keepout area? On 5/4/10, Tamas Szabo <[email protected]> wrote: > John Luciani wrote: >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Tamas Szabo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> John Luciani wrote: >>>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Tamas Szabo <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> My best idea is, that I do it by pads which have a zero width and a >>>>> specified clearance. Unfortunately, those will have a rounded corner, >>>>> so >>>>> rectangular corner seems impossible (I can reduce the radius, if I make >>>>> it >>>>> from more pieces, but it never will be zero). >>>> A zero width pad may fail the DRC. Being able to specify keepouts >>>> would be a welcome addition to the footprint file format. >>>> >>>> I use the silkscreen to provide keepout hints. Not ideal but it works. >>>> >>>> (* jcl *) >>>> >>> Thanks, could you show me an example? >>> >> >> The two that I can think of right now are -- >> >> CON_USB_MINI_B__Molex_67503-1020 at >> http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/footprints-gif/Connector-gif.html >> IIRC the hashed area is a keepout (at least it has been all of >> my designs ;) >> >> For ANT_FOLDED_DIPOLE__Chipcon_2500 >> http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/footprints-gif/misc-gif.html >> The keepout is indicated by a single line. >> >> Just layout hints nothing fancy. >> >> (* jcl *) >> > Ok, I see now. I also plan to indicate the must-keep-free area on the silk. > > So unfortunately it seems that there is no any technique which avoid > things like copper-pour to fill those areas:-( > > By the way, thanks for your help and also the lots of footprints you > share with us continuously:-) > > /sza2 > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >
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