I tried that but as I understand it to make the pad one of the pins it has
to be a line for a SMT part. I couldn't make the line any wider than 6.3mm,
PCB wouldn't let me make it any wider. Is there a setting I have to change
to make the top end of the line width larger?
TIA
From: DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: geda-user@seul.org
To: geda-user@seul.org
Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Pad area as heatsink
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 21:43:46 -0400
> I have some sot223 components that I need to make the tab pad a large
> exposed copper area to behave as a heatsink(require like 1 square inch
of
> exposed copper). Is there a way to do this PCB? Do you have to make
this
> part of the footprint creation or could you add a copper rectangle to
the
> board and tell PCB to mask the area?
You have to make it part of the footprint creation, normally by making
that pad square (vs rounded ends) and increase the size to suit.
