X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f
X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
        h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer
         :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding;
        bh=B0XFl//9xzwzeUGldZC/DVZcA09cKyXcu+/skHrLV4Y=;
        b=tgZeclpuIyPvftfPXx+FxCRJ+I20VPcipjGqJSakE6BVNLAZzq1pinGsX7UpI9JFgO
         sKClV4g6pIuGa7b4M8/MG5HlsxLpdIR1k+H9WpY9ug8XrKYj26eBR06GtGIE/vN1S2Ve
         xH95b7s1Smeuh2I7qUgYsKzWTX9wlwFHLB50U=
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:21:08 -0500
From: Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz AT gmail DOT com>
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Via to Pin in PCB
Message-ID: <20120114182108.77e592d4@rainbird>
In-Reply-To: <CALSZ9gp=_C+yr=uXjqSbH3w97nzfPXq--U+Huq_Hc5Dfuc5msQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CALSZ9gp=_C+yr=uXjqSbH3w97nzfPXq--U+Huq_Hc5Dfuc5msQ AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id q0ENn3mT032456
Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:10:27 -0500
Rob Butts <r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> I just made a quick 1.5" x 1.5" circuit board with a single SO8 footprint
> so that I could access the pins of an IC on a test bench.  I placed vias
> around the edge and now I'd like to make them pins so they have a solder
> mask.  How can I do this?
> 
> Thanks

Place your vias, then select them all.  Buffer -> Cut selection to buffer, then Buffer -> Convert buffer to Element.

Finally, paste the newly-created element back onto the layout.

Alternatively, you could do this with just one via, and then place multiple copies of the result  where they're needed.

-- 
"There are some things in life worth obsessing over.  Most
things aren't, and when you learn that, life improves."
http://digitalaudioconcepts.com
Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz AT gmail DOT com>