Re: [kicad-users] Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-17 Thread kajdas
Yes, I did that, I use standard vias, 0.01 drill. 0.025 pad, no micro, no buried, no blind. I just need to specify different pad size (or remove) on inner layer. Mike Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure how to go back and correct, but when you initially setup your > Via param

Re: [kicad-users] Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-17 Thread Mike Sharkey
I'm not sure how to go back and correct, but when you initially setup your Via parameters Dimensions->Tracks_and_Vias you can use the radio buttons to select which vias you're talking about, either Standard Via, Blind Via, or Burried Via. Mike Sharkey Pike Aerospace Research Corporation www.pikeae

Re: [kicad-users] Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-16 Thread kajdas
I did not find any way of doing it either without resorting to gerber changes. It seems that the house does not like small pads on inside layers, their program checks for copper around the hole and flags it as an error. They require larger pads on inside layers (>= 0.012 all around) and smaller (>

Re: [kicad-users] Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-16 Thread Hristo Antonov
Hi, I am not sure that this is possible. Vias and through hole components have pad for every layer. Try to edit the files with a Gerber editor and trim the pads . Could you send a visual representation of the DRC ? Most likely you will have to rework the problem zones. Regards On Fri, 2008-05-16

[kicad-users] Removing inner pads with vias

2008-05-16 Thread mkajdas
My PCB house DRC check complains about vias having pads on inner layers. How to have via pads on the outside and no pads inside the board on 4 layer board? The inner pads are not connected to anything and do not hurt anything but I get over 500 errors that I want to clean up. Martin