Hi All,
Dick Hollenbeck ( who wrote a lot of code for Kicad) proposed to use global mask margin values only
for pad at least on a copper layer.
(I am thinking this is also what was expected by some of guys)
Attached, a patch to use global mask settings only for pads on copper layers to build the mask shape
(solder or paste layer) of the pad.
Therefore pads *only* on a solder or paste layer are no longer affected by global settings.
(The drawback is a change in the behavior of previous Pcbnew versions, but it should not impact a
lot of old boards or old footprints)
The change in code is very small.
I added a info message in dialogs, in the pad clearance setup sub-window to explain the purpose of
this setting.
This is perhaps the main problem, because a message in a dialog must be short, and yet understandable...
The info messages are not perfect.
Please, test it.
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