Just place an item on the solder-mask layer. ( track, fill polygone. ) If you don't want a soldermask at all, advise the board maker to not use it. That it. Georg > -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Robison Michael R CNIN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. September 2001 16:01 > An: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Betreff: [PEDA] eliminating solder mask ?? > > > hello, > > well another embarrassing newbie question from someone who should > no better. > > production is having trouble getting some heat sinks to stay > "glued" to > the solder mask on some prototype boards. the decision has been > made to not use a solder mask. the boards will be conformal coated > anyway. > > so how do i eliminate the solder mask? i know that pads are tented by > using a negative value equal to the largest pad. my guess is > that i can > do a design/rules/manufacturing tab, double click the solder mask ex- > pansion and use a whole board scope with -1mil expansion on > it. is this > correct? more so, is this the way to do it? i played with > this and looked > at the top and bottom solder layers (not the gerbers) using the single > layer mode and i don't see anything but the pads no matter > what i do to > it. > > i also entertained the thought of right-clicking on the pcb, selecting > options/board options/layers tab/ and then simply unclicking > the top and > bottom solder, but i'm skeptical of this... i think all this > does is control > the layers that are displayed. > > i apologize for posting on such a basic issue, but i could > not find the > answer in the book, and guessing makes me nervous when we're > talking about actually placing an order. > > thank you, miker > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
