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On 01/14/2012 05:10 PM, Rob Butts 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
You can also edit the vias to have a solder mask clearance.  There is a 
way to do it from the GUI, but I usually to a pattern search and replace 
in the .pcb file.

-Ethan