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From: "Mitch Davis (mjd+geda-user AT hackvana DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:58:28 +1100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: TtrNrXWx3w1vILIHlsrfj_mp5dw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] thru hole slots in PCB To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f403045e9f50e3b0e0054658f243 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --f403045e9f50e3b0e0054658f243 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi John, On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 9:18 AM, John Griessen (john AT ecosensory DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > On 01/14/2017 06:59 PM, Mitch Davis (mjd+geda-user AT hackvana DOT com) [via > geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > >> The script was used to generate these slots (gerbers from Eagle, open >> source hardware): >> >> http://i.imgur.com/prmHvFa.jpg >> > > When I zoom in those look unplated. > They are very definitely plated. I think them not looking plated has to do with the lighting and the angle, and that the finish is ENIG. Can they be either with your process? > Very much so. Generally, whether a hole or slot is plated or non-plated comes down to whether the data for it is in the plated drill/slot file (often called .TXT), or the non-plated drill/slot file (often called -NPTH.TXT). The script can be applied to either/both. (The exception to "generally" is Altium, which uses comments in the excellon file with a special format to mark whether the holes/slots are plated/non-plated. I think this is a TERRIBLE solution). Mitch. --f403045e9f50e3b0e0054658f243 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi John,

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 9:18 AM, John Griessen (john AT ecosensory DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com<= /a>> wrote:

= On 01/14/2017 06:59 PM, Mitch Davis (mjd+geda-user AT hackvana DOT c= om) [via ged= a-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

The script was used to generate these slots (gerbers from Eagle, open sourc= e hardware):

=C2=A0 http://i.imgur.com/prmHvFa.jpg

When I zoom in those look unplated.

They are very defin= itely plated.=C2=A0 I think them not looking plated has to do with the ligh= ting and the angle, and that the finish is ENIG.

Can they be either with your proce= ss?

Very much so.=C2=A0 Generally, whether a hol= e or slot is plated or non-plated comes down to whether the data for it is = in the plated drill/slot file (often called .TXT), or the non-plated drill/= slot file (often called -NPTH.TXT).=C2=A0 The script can be applied to eith= er/both.

(The exception to "generally" is Altium, which uses comments i= n the excellon file with a special format to mark whether the holes/slots a= re plated/non-plated.=C2=A0 I think this is a TERRIBLE solution).

Mitch.

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