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edrees |
Posted - 22 Feb 2012 : 09:38:20 I've discussed this issue with Peter and has been added to the bug list, but just to make other Users are aware of a potential (costly) error.
When Plotting & Printing, make sure that the "Device Setup" parameters for drill data minimum drill size is consistent with your design. If the design has a 0.4mm hole and the minimum drill size in "Device Setup" is set to 1mm (say) then the pad will be drilled @ 1mm, potentially drilling away the annulus of the pad as well! No warning message is flagged up informing the designer that the drill size has been overwritten with a larger size. |
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Iain Wilkie |
Posted - 22 Feb 2012 : 12:07:11 Ah.... so it will only really affect slotted holes, I did wonder as mine is set to 25 thou, and of course we use via holes a lot smaller than that and never had a problem.
However well spotted !!
Iain
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edrees |
Posted - 22 Feb 2012 : 11:55:39 Yes Iain. Sorry for the confusion.
I discovered it with a slotted pad in a design where the slot was a smaller diameter than the minimum route size.
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Iain Wilkie |
Posted - 22 Feb 2012 : 11:07:45 Ed ...
You talking about the min routing drill size ???
Iain
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