However, if the plate do not contact with the copper stuff, then it is not hurt, is it? Tamas On 19/09/06, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > > On Sep 19, 2006, at 4:08 AM, peter green wrote: > > > it would be a pretty specialist PCB process if you had direct control > > over which holes are plated with most processes > > I thought it was pretty standard to have two drill phases in PCB > fabrication, one before plating and one after plating. The former > end up plated and the latter not (duh!) Cheaper fab houses will > only do the one phase before plating; if there's no copper around > the hole it MIGHT get etched out again. > > BillW > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist