Thanks all, It's a good sanity check to have so many others tell you what you suspect to be the case. I like the drill idea and will use it.
Regards Ken -----Original Message----- From: Peter Bennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:53 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] help, how do i make rectangular holes in components and on the pcb itself? Hello Ken, Friday, June 7, 2002, 7:29:42 AM, you wrote: > Hi > I want to make rectangular holes in pads for components with metal tabs. For > instance, a hole 40mils by 120 mils. Can this be done in Protel 99SE? BTW, > is hole the proper nomeclature for this? > thanks and regards > Ken Unfortunately, rectangular drills are quite rare, as they can only be made from unobtainium. :-) The board maker will have to mill the slots. You will have to discuss this with him, and determine how narrow a slot he can safely mill, and how he wants it documented. Protel doesn't know about milled slots, so there is no built-in way to indicate them. One way may be to use two pads with round holes (of a unique size) indicating the ends of the slot. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI Vancouver, B.C., Canada GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver-webpages.com/van-ps * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
