DRC issues with Slotted pads

[emeb]

I’ve got a bunch of footprints that originated on SnapEDA.com - they seem pretty nice and I’ve used them successfully in the past, but there is a strange issue: They implement slotted pads by inserting a rectangular edge-cut within a normal oval pad. This seems to work fine at OSHpark, but it causes a DRC violation “Track too close to board edge”. It also prevents the zone fill from connecting to the pad and I have to manually drop a trace across the gap to complete the connection.

Is there any consensus on a better way to handle this?

[Rene_Poschl]

@emeb

Is there any consensus on a better way to handle this?

Yes use oval hole settings in pads. (I seem to remember that oshpark now suggest it that way as well.)

[emeb]

Thanks - that fixed it right up.