X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:24:18 -0400 Message-Id: <201407151624.s6FGOINF008965@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <53C5521F.8090506@sonic.net> (message from Dave Curtis on Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:09:03 -0700) Subject: Re: [geda-user] thermal flag in footprint? References: <53C5441E DOT 4090502 AT sonic DOT net> <201407151520 DOT s6FFKY9Q006882 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <53C5521F DOT 8090506 AT sonic DOT net> Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk "Holes" aren't plated through so they're useless for electrical connectivity or heat sinks. You could also add a solder-side pad, so that the user only need thermal the one pad instead of all the pins.