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Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 13:44:39 -0400
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] need advice about copper "keep out" areas
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On 05/03/2013 01:30 PM, Ed Simmons wrote:
>>    ...for the lack of a better term.
>>
>>    I would like to have the corners of a board not plated with copper,
>> such that the copper fill (which I normally do with one big polygon) for
>> the ground plane is shaped like a big fat '+' character.
>>
>>    Other than drawing a big fat '+' with polygons, does anyone have a
>> nice clean way to accomplish what I'm after?
>>
> Could this be done with a footprint containing pads (eg mounting or
> tooling holes in the corners) with clearance such that the copper stops
> where you wish? You could set the square flag to get the shape you're
> after.
> 
> Hope that's useful...

  Oh, that's an interesting idea!  I will explore that.  Thank you!

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA