2009/11/2 Rob Frohne <[email protected]>: > Hi Everyone, > > We use an LPKF engraving machine to make solder stencils out of thin > circuit board material and so we need a Gerber file with footprint pads > that are the correct dimensions (different from the mask dimensions) to > use to make the solder stencils. > > How can I best do this with Kicad? > > Thanks, > > Rob
Hi Rob, I don't think you can at the moment. We send the paste layers to a laser cutting company who then do the pad reductions for us. Generally the reduction depends on how thick the stencil is due to the package technologies and the package that the pad is a part of. So different pads can get different reduction percentages. However, it would be a great bonus for KiCad to have an overall reduction percentage selectable when plotting paste layers. Best Regards, Brian.
