Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-25 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 06:43 AM 1/25/2002 -0600, Bryn Wolfe wrote: 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

Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-25 Thread Ian Wilson
On 06:43 AM 25/01/2002 -0600, Bryn Wolfe said: 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

[PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-24 Thread Afshin Salehi
Hello all, I was wondering how I could have solder mask placed over all the via's on my PCB. Is there a design rule for the via's that allow you to select solder mask options? I saw a design rule for via size but not solder mask. All of my via's should be a different size than any pads

Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-24 Thread Ian Wilson
On 01:29 PM 24/01/2002 -0800, Afshin Salehi said: Hello all, I was wondering how I could have solder mask placed over all the via's on my PCB. Is there a design rule for the via's that allow you to select solder mask options? I saw a design rule for via size but not solder mask. All

Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-24 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
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

Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's

2002-01-24 Thread Rudolf Schaffer
Engineer Phone +41 32 754 38 33 Fax +41 32 754 38 36 Web www.livetools.tv - Original Message - From: Waldemar Kulajew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Solder mask over via's Afshin just one more