Hugo Coolens wrote on Wed, 31 August 2011 10:06
After routing successfully a board I noticed I could increase the
diameters of a few pads, is it possible to do this directly in the
board-editor i.e. without editing the components themselves in the
library
Hello Hugo,
As of EAGLE 5 there is no way perfect way to do this. You may be able to
use the DRC rest-ring settings to get there, but it will adjust all pads
or vias in the design. If you want to just do a few then you have to edit
the library.
If you don't want to make it a permanent change then you have to copy the
footprint, edit the new one, add it to your device--that's a real pain and
clogs up the library with lots of footprints.
Another option is to add some custom polygons on top layer and appropriate
mask layers to do the same thing. Downside to that is that if you move the
part you have to remember to turn on all the layers and group it all and
then move the group so that all the objects move together.
There is no good solution in EAGLE 5. Hopefully EAGLE 6 will have a better
solution to this.
HTH,
James.
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