On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 08:36:11PM -0000, James wrote: > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Bernd Wiebus <bernd.wie...@...> wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > Sombody contacted me with a problem printing mounting holes at > > KiCAD. He tries to make them as single round Pad with same drill > > diameter and pad diameter, so the annular would be zero. But getting > > this out, he got a very very thin annular at the cooper layers, > > creating some trouble and rework. I do not really know, what he is > > doing exactly, because i do not knew anybody else, who has the same > > problem. > > How about drawing a crosshair or circle as a silkscreen object and > using that to mark the drill? Could also just make the copper pad > smaller than the drill bit used so that it vanishes entirely when the > hole is drilled.
Do that and you create a manual step for the board shop. Just asking to increase cost and defects. Am still dabbling in KiCAD but with other tools I would put the drilled hole on a layer dedicated to that purpose, a layer that does not print on any of the copper layers. But a layer which is included when the drill file is generated. Should also include your mounting holes layer in DRC checking for your copper layers, just not in your final production of gerbers for the copper. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dke...@hiwaay.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
