If I understand this, it still can't work. The paste-mask stencil has an opening for the pad, and you want a circular block in the center of the pad -- but there's nothing to support it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: David W. Gulley > Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:13 AM > > Richard Sumner wrote: > > > David, > > > > Talk to your assembler before you invest time in this. The paste mask > > becomes a metal stencil for applying the solder paste. So donuts will > > not work (the donut hole is unsupported). > > Actually my idea was to make the width of the track greater than 2x the > radius of the arc so I would end up with a "filled donut". (For example > if I want a 30 mil opening in the paste mask, I could use a 20mil wide > arc with a radius of 5mil.) > > However, what I have just tried that seems a bit simpler is to use a pad > and a via (gee a via in a pad!) where the pad is TopLayer only and the > via is set for tenting. Do an update free primitives after import to the > PCB and viola... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
