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Subject: Re: [geda-user] QFN packages solder mask
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On 01/17/2017 04:00 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> The usual trick is to overlap multiple pads, each with their own mask
> geometries.  For example, you could have a normal pad for each edge
> land, with a minimal mask setting, and a "dot" pad overlapping it with a
> larger pad setting that just reaches the same spot around the segment
> perimeter but overlaps between adjacent pads.

Oh, you mean the offset possible with the small dot pad allows some leeway.
I'll investigate that.  Thanks.