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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:21:08 -0500
From: Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz AT gmail DOT com>
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Via to Pin in PCB
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:10:27 -0500
Rob Butts <r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> I just made a quick 1.5" x 1.5" circuit board with a single SO8 footprint
> so that I could access the pins of an IC on a test bench.  I placed vias
> around the edge and now I'd like to make them pins so they have a solder
> mask.  How can I do this?
> 
> Thanks

Place your vias, then select them all.  Buffer -> Cut selection to buffer, then Buffer -> Convert buffer to Element.

Finally, paste the newly-created element back onto the layout.

Alternatively, you could do this with just one via, and then place multiple copies of the result  where they're needed.

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Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz AT gmail DOT com>

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