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Eagle & slotted pads ...

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 4:40 pm
by -Tom-Tom-
It's a silly topic... but Eagle doesn't/didn't support plated slotted holes.

Most PCB manufacturers support the workaround of drawing a milling line (milling diameter = line width) in the milling layer, wich will later become the plated slot.
By generating the Gerber file, the milling layer is exported to the dimension-gerber. Generating the slots in the drill file (*.xln) is not supported.

in Zofz:
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Wish & possible Eagle-Gerber-Export:
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Re: Eagle & slotted pads ...

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:05 am
by oauming
Cadence/allegro, the same problem

Re: Eagle & slotted pads ...

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:34 am
by Zofz
I am still thinking how to solve this. What comes to my mind is to treat loops as the board outline (also non-plated) and the thick open lines as rout plated features. How error-prone would that be? You know, there are strange things on the board outline layers, like text or dimensions arrows, sometimes.