Hi, See pcbnew manual, chapter 5. Mask: keep out varnish covering. To prevent varnish (or "mask") covering of the pads. Soldp: solder paste allow on smd components. Used to create screens and stencils to applicate solder paste.
Not exactly but almost, one is the negative of the other one. Pedro. > the "real" question is : > > what is the differnce between soldcomp& maskcomp ??? > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Julien Bayle" <julien.ba...@...> wrote: > > > > hi all experts, > > > > I'm inside a big project: http://www.julienbayle.net/diy/protodeck/ > > > > I finished one of the PCBs it requires and I'm very close to order it > > from BatchPCB. > > But I have some doubts with the gerber files. > > > > So, as usual, I read again the nice pcbnew.pdf, but some doubts remain. > > > > Can we check together I'm ok ?? > > > > xxxxxx.copper.pho => all the "copper" for the bottom face (if component > > are on top face ..) > > xxxx.cmp.pho => all the "copper" for the top face (if component are on > > top face ..) > > xxxx.silkscmp.pho => silkscreen ... ok > > xxxx.silkscu.pho => silkscreen ... ok > > xxxx.soldpcmp.pho => what is it exactly ??? > > xxxx.soldpcu.pho => what is it exactly ??? > > xxxx.maskcmp.pho => what is it exactly? is it soldermask ? i.e the > > place where the protection resin won't be ? > > xxxx.maskcu.pho => what is it exactly? is it soldermask ? i.e the > > place where the protection resin won't be ? > > > > I'd like to make the last check before to order. > > > > help would be appreciated. > > > > Julien > > > > >
