Thanks for the reply. That's simple. Ive tried that before and I did not get a plated through slot back on the board. When I look at it in 3d mode it does look like its plated but when I look at the board where I did that before it appears plated in the 3d mode but isn't plated when it comes from th...

I need to make a approx. 0.2 x0.180 pad with a plated through .130 x .025 slot in the middle. Is it possible to do that.

I have a board with 7 identical sections of about 20 parts. On the schematic I just cut and pasted and it worked great. On the layout now Im trying to have placement put the parts into 7 groups on the board and I cant seem to get it to do it any way. I did try grouping but that didn't do anything Ge...

Just ugraded to the latest version build Dec 2011. When i go to the 3d view the traces are not nice and clean like on the last version.

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Thanks , that seemed to worked. I notice in the beta the W - switch layer key doesn't switch layers and in one mode, edit trace i believe, brings up a window with line widths.

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I have a need for slotted pads on 1 project which I see the new 2.1.9 beta supports. I currently have 2.1.0.5 on the machine and read someplace that if you use 2.1.9 you can't go back and use 2.1.0.5. Can I install both on the same XP machine?

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Thanks, tried it works great.

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I need to cut a 1 x 2.5 " hole on the centre of a PCB for a LCD to stick through, how or can I do that?

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Im pretty new to this when you mention about selecting top mask area I went and played abit and got it to work, Thanks and thanks for sending your fiducial.

I tried the mounting hole thing and didn't have much luck.

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sorry I was trying to ask 2 questions in one post. First question . When I use the mounting hole it allows me to define the hole diameter and the OD of the "clear area". When I do a copper pour i have a clear area and the hole. What I want is to do is on the top I want a clear area so the mounting s...