Just make a copy of your KiCAD .brd file and edit it solely for use as the solder paste stencil.
If global pad edits do not work correctly for you in pcbnew, just open the .brd file in a text editor and preform a search+replace. I do something like this for circular pads as my solder paste stencil vendor only supports rectangular pads. --- In [email protected], Rob Frohne <rob.fro...@...> wrote: > > 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 > > -- > Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E. > E.F. Cross School of Engineering > Walla Walla University > 100 SW 4th Street > College Place, WA 99324 > (509) 527-2075 > http://people.wallawalla.edu/~rob.frohne >
