I believe you need "update Free Primitives from Component pads" to remove the DRC.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Dammeyer Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:00 PM To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Mixing Surface mount and through hole in onePCBcomponent. Good point. Just copper won't work. But as I said in a previous posting copper that's attached to the pad in the library creates a DRC error that isn't fixable in the PCB. John > > > This means that one could create a component incorporating both > > rule-based thru-hole pads and surface mount features (not > single-layer > > pads...) that functionally act as surface mount pads, then > what's the > > harm? > > Difference is probably that the paste and solder masks have > to be defined > manually for these fake pads, and that the expansion settings > for these > masks don't work on them. > > Gerhard > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:PEDA@techservinc.com > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/peda@techservinc.com > > > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:PEDA@techservinc.com Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/peda@techservinc.com ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:PEDA@techservinc.com Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/peda@techservinc.com