On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:53:23 +0200 Kai-Martin Knaak <k...@familieknaak.de> wrote:
> Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > > I thought about that... making different footprints that don't > > have copper on the component side of the pins. Since that would > > require making new footprints for pretty much everything, > > Well, you could do the heavy lifting with an awk script: > > If the current line is a pin, > set the diameter of the pin to zero and add a hole flag > ouput a round pad with the diameter of the pins annular ring > else, > output the current line unchanged. Could you do this on the layout (.pcb file) after all elements are placed so he would not even need to create new footprint files? > > I was hoping for a > > different solution... :) It seems like it would be a relatively > > common thing for hobbyists to want (whether it's a milled or > > home-etched board), so I thought there might be a setting on the > > autorouter config to "ignore component hold plating" or something. > > IMHO, the copperless pin solution is superior. It models the layout > like it is in reality. Besides the autorouter, I have made the same errors with manual routing on self-fabricated double-sided printed circuit boards, which did not have plated through-holes, so that is a significant and practical reason that modeling the board as it is in reality is ideal (rather than only fooling with the autorouter). Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
