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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Stencil opening in pcb footprint
From: Russell Dill <Russ DOT Dill AT asu DOT edu>
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On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Russell Dill <Russ DOT Dill AT asu DOT edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 6:23 AM, onetmt <onetmt AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> A lot of "modern" ICs, mainly those featuring a thermal/power pad,
>> require stencil openings with different sizes from their respective to
>> pad sizes; until now I managed stencil openings by manually editing the
>> gerber layer generated by pcb, but this solution looks quite impractical
>> when facing some complex boards with several of this ICs on them.
>>
>> Is there a way to define the stencil in footprint file, just like we do
>> for mask opening?
>
> Yes, use the nopaste flag for the pad itself, and then overlay it with
> one or more smaller pads without the nopaste flag

Example:
http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/russell_dill/footprints/S-PVQFN-N64.fp

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