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Pad with complex hole

eugeny

Hello, connector has its through-hole chassis pin 2.4 x 1 mm size, what is the right way to create pad for it?

SMD pad with holes give errors, hole without pad leaves space with no copper around the hole (0.2 mm clearance is required by PCB manufacturer).

Please advise.

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  • Sadly, the picture link is not working (website is temp broken), maybe it

    will come back in a few hours.

     

    Since I can't see anything, I'm assuming you plan to "drill" the

    non-circular hole using laser cutting, since it is not a "hole" in the

    sense of Eagle, I'm not sure how you can force the interior edge of the

    hole to be plated from topside to bottom.

     

    Putting copper on the top (and bottom)SURFACES by force is simple, just

    place a "wire" (use wire selection in pcb drawing) having the width,

    dimensions, and position you desire over the "hole".  To minimize false

    errors, give the wire the same net name as the net associated with your

    "hole".

     

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  • Sadly, the picture link is not working (website is temp broken), maybe it

    will come back in a few hours.

     

    Since I can't see anything, I'm assuming you plan to "drill" the

    non-circular hole using laser cutting, since it is not a "hole" in the

    sense of Eagle, I'm not sure how you can force the interior edge of the

    hole to be plated from topside to bottom.

     

    Putting copper on the top (and bottom)SURFACES by force is simple, just

    place a "wire" (use wire selection in pcb drawing) having the width,

    dimensions, and position you desire over the "hole".  To minimize false

    errors, give the wire the same net name as the net associated with your

    "hole".

     

    --

    Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

     

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  • in reply to e14candies

    Norm, thank you very much for

    >Putting copper on the top (and bottom)SURFACES by force is simple, just place a "wire"

    I did not think about such solution - I was trying SMD pads or polygons.

    However your solution gives "dimension" error in DRC - both for circular hole (drill) and for any shape drawn in dimension layer. Is there any approved way for having same result, but without error?