i don't think 5mils smaller is smaller enough i bet the fabricator tweaks them down
it would be nice to get a definitive answer about this we usually make NPTs about 10mil pad size sometimes differents sizes by a few mils for different hole sizes just to make sorting them out easier Dennis Saputelli Steve Smith wrote: > > Stuart, > > Place a Pad where you want the hole. I make the pad about 5 mils smaller that the > hole size I want. Double click on the pad the go to the Advanced tab and uncheck > "Plated". Under "Properties" you can select your pad & hole size. > > In the design rules under "Power Plane Clearance" set a rule for that pad size that > will give you the plane clearance that you want. > > Regards, > Steve Smith, C.I.D. > Product Engineer > Staco Energy Products Co. > Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com > & www.stacopower.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Website Visitor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:06 AM > To: proteledaforum > Subject: [PEDA] How to place non-plated thru holes? > > Hello -- > > I was directed to this group as the place where most Protel experts hung out. I am > a newbie to Protel and am using Protel99 SE for PCB layout. > > My question is simple: I want to place a non-plated through hole on my design. I > want to void out the plane layers around the hole also. How do I do it? It appears > that I can either place a pad or a via, but neither is really a through hole, and > it's not obvious (to me, at least) that they will correctly void out the plane layer. > > Thanks in advance for your wisdom, > > Stuart > > Posted from Association web site by: Stuart Brorson -- Dennis Saputelli ========= send only plain text please! - no HTML ========== _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. www.integratedcontrolsinc.com 2851 21st Street tel: 415-647-0480 San Francisco, CA 94110 fax: 415-647-3003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
