Paste mask not updated correctly from pattern editor to PCB
Posted: 23 Jan 2022, 23:10
I have created a footprint for a Würth 3670223 EMI shield enclosure, with an open solder mask and a segmented paste mask. The resulting footprint appears to be OK in the pattern editor.
I then associate the footprint with a component - no issues there. Then use the component in a schematic that is turned into a PCB, so far so good.
However, when i verify the gerbers to be exported, the shield footprint solder mask is NOT segmented but continuous. This will not work with a normal style stencil as there would be no support for the central part of the mask.
Whatever i do, the segmentation never appears in the final gerber regardless of what i see in pattern editor. I can modify and refresh the component, or attach the patterrn directly, always with the same incorrect result.
I have imported the actual solder pad as a DXF file where the pad is a track-like shape with the track ends almost touching (i.e. the shape is NOT 2 concentric rings). This kind of shape turns into a pad with no problems and there is no issue with winding. So, apparently everything works in the pattern editor but the result is not carried correctly to PCB editor.
Should this be done in some other way or is there a bug somewhere?
I then associate the footprint with a component - no issues there. Then use the component in a schematic that is turned into a PCB, so far so good.
However, when i verify the gerbers to be exported, the shield footprint solder mask is NOT segmented but continuous. This will not work with a normal style stencil as there would be no support for the central part of the mask.
Whatever i do, the segmentation never appears in the final gerber regardless of what i see in pattern editor. I can modify and refresh the component, or attach the patterrn directly, always with the same incorrect result.
I have imported the actual solder pad as a DXF file where the pad is a track-like shape with the track ends almost touching (i.e. the shape is NOT 2 concentric rings). This kind of shape turns into a pad with no problems and there is no issue with winding. So, apparently everything works in the pattern editor but the result is not carried correctly to PCB editor.
Should this be done in some other way or is there a bug somewhere?