X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 99.160.157.208 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+435cIBqz1w5sqNO2dU5pb Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:33:19 -0700 (PDT) From: David Griffith To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] soldermask and edge connectors In-Reply-To: <1332124007.10525.0@kwak> Message-ID: References: <1332124007 DOT 10525 DOT 0 AT kwak> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Kai-Martin wrote: > On 03/19/2012 02:32:12 AM, David Griffith wrote: >> >> I'm trying to make an edge connector footprint. First, I want to >> make sure that the soldermask is clear of the fingers except at the >> root where traces connect. > > Do the connector footprint with two pads per finger. Reduce mask size > of one pad to zero vie the command line interface. I tried this and the result was soldermask going everywhere but the finger. I want the entire area where the fingers are clear of soldermask. I can do that by increasing the mask clearance, but I get scalloped edges. >> Second, how do I make it clear to the fabber that I want the fingers >> plated? > > Tell him ;-) > I'd draw a polygon of the area to be plated plus the outline of the > board and explaining notes in clear text on a separate layer. Add this > layer to the set of gerbers sent to the fabber. In addition, attach a > README file to the zipped gerbers to tell the fabber what you want. So, one of the unused layers (like Signal1) can be used for this? I just need to make it clear to anyone reading that it's for gold instead, right? -- David Griffith dave AT 661 DOT org