Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-19 Thread Bob Wolfe
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

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-19 Thread Brad Velander
Fax (604) 292-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.com See us at Booth 323 at Satellite 2002 in Washington, DC March 6-8. -Original Message- From: Jason Morgan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 1:08 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-19 Thread Jason Morgan
Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask 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

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-19 Thread Jason Morgan
. -Original Message- From: Brad Velander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 February 2002 19:31 To: 'Protel EDA Forum' 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

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-18 Thread ICT Mail
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

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
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

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-18 Thread Brad Velander
2-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.com See us at Booth 323 at Satellite 2002 in Washington, DC March 6-8. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:58 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP

Re: [PEDA] URGENT HELP REQUIRED: Paste Mask

2002-02-18 Thread HxEngr