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On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:01 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
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>> Does this mean that you can now draw voids in the mask layer?
>
> While this does technically allow the pcb file to have a layer type
> LT_MASK that would serve this purpose, that does not mean that the
> rest of the code in pcb is expecting such a layer.  It would be an

I realized that after I hit send. I am still excited though.

> independent task to add such support to the various exporters, if
> you're interested.

Hmm... Perhaps after I finish the other code I am working on and the
stuff with Igor2.

> In addition, the GUI does not yet have any way to change the type of a
> layer after it's loaded.  You'll have to hack the file to change it.

Compared to what I do for exposed solder mask right now this is a
minor inconvenience. (I do a lot of stuff where solder mask has to be
trimmed back to reduce leakage current, and etc.)

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