Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-04-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> How would the minority go about to have vias non-tented by default? Can't > find a config option for this. No option, sorry. There's two calls to CreateNewVia() in action.c you can edit, or edit CreateNewVia() itself so that if a mask of zero is passed, compute something else. _

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-04-01 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
DJ Delorie wrote: > Note that PCB defaults to fully tented vias, which is what most people > want. How would the minority go about to have vias non-tented by default? Can't find a config option for this. --<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
David Griffith wrote: > In the interest of clean design, I strongly recommend you follow the > suggestions to put explicit test points in your schematic. Note, there are symbols and footprints for test pads available on gedasymbols.org: http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/stanislav_brabec/symbols

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread David Griffith
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Thomas Oldbury wrote: I found that ctrl-k worked, and "k" alone did not when all vias were selected. In the interest of clean design, I strongly recommend you follow the suggestions to put explicit test points in your schematic. -- David Griffith dgri...@cs.csubak.edu

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread DJ Delorie
just 'k' is for the via under the crosshair. alt-k is for all selected vias ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread Thomas Oldbury
I found that ctrl-k worked, and "k" alone did not when all vias were selected. On 28 March 2011 23:46, DJ Delorie <[1]d...@delorie.com> wrote: > Second question then - how do I tell how much clearance I have? The > soldermask doesn't seem to show holes for vias. Then you have

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread DJ Delorie
> Second question then - how do I tell how much clearance I have? The > soldermask doesn't seem to show holes for vias. Then you have no clearance at all. Place the crosshair over any object and ctrl-r gives you a report on that object. ___ geda-use

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread Thomas Oldbury
Second question then - how do I tell how much clearance I have? The soldermask doesn't seem to show holes for vias. On 28 March 2011 23:39, DJ Delorie <[1]d...@delorie.com> wrote: Show the soldermask layer in pcb, then use the 'k' key to increase the soldermask clearance f

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread DJ Delorie
Show the soldermask layer in pcb, then use the 'k' key to increase the soldermask clearance for the via under the crosshair. For bulk, select the vias you want, then alt-k increases them all. Note that PCB defaults to fully tented vias, which is what most people want. If you want a test point,

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread yamazakir2
edit the pcb file to add soldermask clearance On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Thomas Oldbury wrote: >   My board house seems to cover my vias with soldermask (tenting them), >   which isn't what I want, because some are placed for testing purposes. >   Is there any way to remove some soldermask