Jason,
I did not follow this one from the very beginning but,
I would also 100% agree that bringing a gerber file back into your
CAD system for any reason other than to use it to reproduce
a board you have no CAD data for, or copy sections into an
existing board etc. is not good. I would NOT recom
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From: Jason Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Jason, just a thought here
When you load gerbers back into a blank PCB file, you must remember that for
a given layer, all the lands that represent vias and pads etc will be
imported as free pads and will take on the design rules specifi
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Sent: 18 February 2002 19:31
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Subject: Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask
Jason,
did you actually design this board? Because I have a feeling that
what you're describing
Jason, just a thought here
When you load gerbers back into a blank PCB file, you must remember that for
a given layer, all the lands that represent vias and pads etc will be
imported as free pads and will take on the design rules specified in your
PCB file. Vias are just a D-code for a given a
At 06:36 PM 2/18/2002 +, you wrote:
>As normal we load the gerbers back into protel to check they look right,
>I've noticed that
>the tented vias have solder on them on the paste mask. Why, and how do I
>get rid of it?
(1) are you sure that they are vias and not free pads?
(2) what are the p
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