Actually, though, Hot Air Leveling should not cause the burst unless there is
soldermask on both the top and bottom, or if it is a blind via. However, I can't
think of a way in Protel to tell it to tent only the component side. You'd probably
have to do some editing in the gerber file.
This sounds like a feature that should be added to Protel, that is, selecting which
side of the board tenting of through-hole vias occurs on: top, bottom, or both.
Bryn
Waldemar Kulajew wrote:
> Afshin
>
> just one more informotion: my Fab-house told me I should not tent vias complete.
> It couse problems because the soldermask will burst open during HotAirLeveling
> or wavesoldering because of the Air inside the via. They told me to leave the
> hole open and only put the cover the Copper. I did it in the way Ted Tontis
> suggested.
>
> Regards,
>
> Waldemar
>
> Ted Tontis schrieb:
> >
> > Afshin,
> > To use the design rule go in the design rules, select manufacturing, select
> > solder mask expansion, click add, select object kind, check via's, give the
> > expansion a negative value, and click ok.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > < -- snipp -->
> > Some of my via's are placed so close to pads
> > after a route that I am afraid of bridging occurring when the PCB is
> > soldered.
> > < -- snipp -->
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