Jean-Pierre provided the following feedback concerning my questions...
> 1.) What is the purpose of the Alternate Via Drill mentioned in the Tracks > and Vias Sizes dialog box? How is this feature used during routing? > This feature is used when some vias must have a specific drill size (which differs from the default drill size). You can ajust the "Alternate Via Drill" to a correct value, and for some vias you can select this alternate value (by the popup menu) This job is more easy if you have chosen a bigger (or smaller) via diameter for theses vias, because the popup menu has a command to export the current via drill to all vias which have the same diameter (put the mouse cursor on such a via, and by the popup menu (edit via option) select the alternate via drill for this via, and export the via drill to other identical vias (commnad edit via/export via drill to other id vias) > 2.) It looks like, to create a rectangular hole pad, I can select Pad Type > = > Hole and Pad Shape = Rect. Doing so does put a rectangular pad on the > drawing for each electrical layer, but there doesn't appear to be a hole. > If > I set a nonzero drill size, I get a round hole in the rectangular pad. How > do I get a rectangular hole in a rectangular pad? This feature would be > very > good for DC jacks and heat sinks for instance, where the pins are actually > flat instead of round. > Currently this is no possible. -----Original Message----- From: David Novak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:35 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [kicad-users] Pad definitions and holes Thanks for the answers Pedro. It looks like, to create a rectangular hole pad, I can select Pad Type = Hole and Pad Shape = Rect. Doing so, does put a rectangular pad on the drawing for each electrical layer, but there doesn't appear to be a hole. If I set a nonzero drill size, I get a round hole in the rectangular pad. How do I get a rectangular hole in a rectangular pad? This feature would be very good for DC jacks and heat sinks for instance, where the pins are actually flat instead of round. David -----Original Message----- From: Pedro Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Pad definitions and holes Hi David, > Can someone please help me understand the following items concerning pads > and holes? > > 1.) What is a Trapeze pad shape? A "rectangular" shape with 2 non-parallel sides and the parallel sides being of different length. > 2.) What is the difference between pad type Hole and pad type Mechanical? I don't know > 3.) How do I create a rectangular hole? Click on rentangular and define different X and Y sizes (in pcbnew). If you mean how to make a rentangular hole in a real pcb board, I don't know. Pedro. > > Thanks, > David > > > ========================= > David Novak > Dajac Inc. > 17152 Shadoan Way > Wesfield, IN 46074 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 317-258-0223 > FAX: 317-867-1888 > > www.dajac.com > ========================= > > ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please contribute your symbols/modules to the library folder in the group files section. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please contribute your symbols/modules to the library folder in the group files section. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
