Editing question .. deleting a thing

[Alan Rothenbush]

I'm a long time 8.5 user and have successfully milled a whole lot of PCBs.  I'm quite comfortable with the basic process; load Gerbers and Excellons, outline, make GCode, export.  Delighted with how things work, delighted.

Something came up yesterday though .. again.  

I had a pad for a screw hole on a single layer board.  I decided I didn't want the pad, just the hole.  This is not the first time I've made this "mistake".

My usual fix has been to go back to the layout software and change the pad from multi-layer to top layer only, then replot with holes in single layer pads, generate new excellons, reimport, etc.

Workable, but a pain.

It would SEEM that Flatcam allows me to edit things, but I can't quite figure out how to remove a single pad from a whole layer of pads and tracks.

Is this even possible?  Am I off track ?

Thanks for any thoughts.

Alan

[Juan Pablo Caram]

Hi Alan,

It's been years since I haven't used FlatCam, but I think I can help. This is from the manual:

Say you start with a Gerber file. When you open it show up a "Gerber Object". If you go through "Isolation", you will end up with a "Geometry Object". These can be edited (See the "EDIT" arrow :-) ). You would delete the unwanted geometry there before you "Create CNC Job".

See: http://flatcam.org/manual/editor.html#editing-existing-geometry-objects

I hope this helps!

JP

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[Alan Rothenbush]

Got it!  Many thanks! 

I was trying to delete things in the gerber import .. I didn't even think to try after the isolation process.

Thanks again.

Alan

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