Hi Robert, Esteban, Koenraad,
Thanks a lot for all your insights. Your comments led me to what I was doing wrong. Here it is so others don't run into same problem:
As mentioned by Esteban, it was a confusion of solder paste versus solder mask. Itead asks for:
Solder Stop Mask top: pcbname.GTS
Solder Stop Mask Bottom pcbname.GBS
I misinterpreted this as being the SoldP_Front and SoldP_Back in Kicad "plot" layers menu. In reality, I now believe I should have check the Mask_Front and Mask_Back instead as Robert mentioned these are the actual solder "masks".
Typical beginner mistake.I really appreciate the help you all gave me which led me to the issue. This is a really great community!
Thanks,
Paulo
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--- In kicad-users@..., Koenraad Lelong <kicad-koen@...> wrote:
On 23-07-12 04:01, prenato_2000 wrote:
Here's the latest I heard from the pcb house:
"Since you have indicated that four holes are screw holes ,then the solder mask opening is necessity .because if no solder mask opening ,the hole wall will be covered with solder .so we kindly propose you could update the gerber file with 4 solder mask opening adding ."
I'm not sure what to do here. If anyone has a suggestion I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
P
In the latest official build of Kicad, you have an option to indicate
the hole as NPTH : Non-Plated-Though-Hole. Then there are two drill
files made, one containing the PTH and one containing the NPTH drills.
NPTH's are normally drilled after the PCB is etched/plated, so there
can't be any solder in the holes.
HTH,
Koenraad Lelong.
