On Sunday 23 May 2004 10:14 am, Stephen Meier wrote: > Look at my document www.meierrippin.com/pcb_landpattern_design.pdf > > Also I will include an 805 resister that opens up the soldermask for you > as an example.
Your footprint has square pads, and the standard ~gEDA/0805 footprint has rectangular pads. Is one more correct than the other? > >I do not understand the process for making a correct soldermask. I wonder if something in my instillation is broken because pcb.pdf says: "2.2 Vias Vias provide through-hole connectivity across all layers... The default solder-mask will cover over vias, so you won't be able to solder to them. Of course, you can change this so that vias also have solder-mask cut-outs, but it is not the default..." but my Vias are NOT covered with mask. Where is the setting being referred to in that paragraph?
