gEDA-user: [pcb] drill helper

Igor2 igor2 at inno.bme.hu
Tue May 15 00:47:21 EDT 2007



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On Tue, 15 May 2007, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>Having made a number of boards at home now, I'm thinking the drill
>helper could be better.  My local copy does this instead: If you check
>"drill helper", all pins are drawn with a much smaller drill hole.
>I.e.  it doesn't draw the normal-sized hole at all, so if the drill is
>off-center, you won't have a gap between the hole and the copper.
>Instead, it only etches a small amount of copper at the center, to
>help you center the drill.
>
>Comments?

Good idea, what would be the "much smaller drill hole"? If it's too small,
it can disappear with toner transfer, if it's too big it doesn't center
the drill. I would suggest ~0.4 mm.




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