Thanks. I should add that they want the solder mask to be positive (ie the solder mask clearance is supposed to be 0.4mm), so your cunning idea can't be applied in this case.
Regards, Robert. axtz4 wrote: > --- In [email protected], Robert <birmingham_spi...@...> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've been asked to shrink the size of the solder paste windows relative >> to the pads by 0.04mm, ie if a pad is a 1mm diameter circle, I've been >> asked to make the solder paste window 0.96mm in diameter. Does anyone >> know how I might achieve this please, either with kicad or via some >> post-processing stage? > > In the board editor, select the menu Dimensions | Tracks and Vias. From that > dialog, you can set the global mask clearance. A negative clearance does seem > to work okay, though a verification pass through a Gerber viewer is always a > good idea ... > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.283 / Virus Database: 270.11.35/2034 - Release Date: 04/01/09 > 06:06:00 >
