Robison Michael R CNIN wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> i've never had to place an irregular shaped hole in a board before,
> and i can't figure out how to do it. i looked up "drill," "hole", and
> "irregular" in the help and had no luck.
>
> its essentially an elongated circle. i kinda figure that it involves
> perhaps placing some lines and arcs on a specific mechanical
> layer, but thats as far as i can get. all the holes i have placed so
> far have been done with the pad tool. i notice that you can adjust
> the shape of the solder ring using this tool, but not the hole shape
> itself.
>
Yes - non-circular drill bits are fairly rare... :-)
You should talk to your board shop to see what they can do in this area,
and what sort of documentation they need. The minimum slot width will
be determined by the smallest router bit they want to use.
--
Peter Bennett
TRIUMF
4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada
GPS and NMEA info and programs:
http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/index.html
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