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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:56:16 -0400
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] another (hopefully) quick question
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On 06/11/2014 03:03 AM, Gabriel Paubert wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 08:26:37PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>>
>> two options:
>>
>> 1. Turn the waveguide into an element, so you can edit the soldermask
>>    big enough.
>>
>> 2. Create a new layer called "extra top soldermask" that has the edits
>>    you want, and merge the gerbers in post-processing.
> 
> Solution 2 is what I've been doing for years. Merging the photoplotter
> files manually is relatively easy (even if having tools for this would 
> be nice).

  Got it...Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

  Gabriel, can you tell me how you do the gerber merge, and what tool(s)
you use?  Can gerbv do this?

                Thanks,
                -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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