Re: What is the Best PCB Layout software ? (Money no object)

From: Tilmann Reh (tilmann.reh_at_autometer.de)
Date: 01/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:50:52 +0100

Ralph Malph schrieb:

> > Or could I use a polygon to open up an area in the solder mask? I did
> > not try much in that area.
>
> By George! That did it! I can draw a rectangle on the tStop layer to
> open up some copper around the six pads. I already found somewhere that
> you can put the same name on multiple pads by adding a $ or # or
> something similar to the name. So I could use six pads inside a solder
> mask rectangle to add these to the part.
> ...
> The inner rectangle has no solder mask and six 0.013" vias. The outer
> rectangle has solder mask and 0.018" vias. I don't see how to do the
> outer ones.

Sorry, I really can't see your problem here.

EAGLE does not support extended pad shapes in packages without
DRC complaints, but you can draw about anything directly in your
board (most often using polygons makes sense) with perfect match
of specifications and DRC. However, you can include non-copper
objects (like stop mask) in the package definition.

I have written about this several times in eagle.support.eng,
I thought you had noticed that. 

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