Re: Eagle holes/pad widening

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 05:01 -0700, MarkMc wrote:
> I'm a new user of eagle, and I've managed to get through designing my
> schematic to designing a PCB. I want to print via laser printer from
> eagle on to some transfers which iron on to the copper, ready for
> etching.
>
> I can see that I can widen tracks in eagle, which is great, but the
> copper area around holes is too small for me to solder on to. Is it
> possible to expand these circular pads without editing each and every
> library item at all?

Yes, you can change the restring (usually called annular ring) in the
Restring tab of the DRC window. Don't ask me why its in the DRC area
but it is.

You will probably want to make the minimum larger but play with it.
What you see on the screen is a close representation of what should come
out in the output files.

James.

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