I need to have my PCB made in a such way that all copper, including pads and tracks, to be tin/solder plated. If I exclude the solder mask file from the Gerber file set that to be sent to a PCB house, will I get the PCB as I expected?
–Joe
That is not a good idea. You might end up with a board totally covered in solder mask.
The safest way is to add a filled zone on the mask layer, covering the whole board.
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Aha, that does the trick for me. THANKS!
You just need tell your factory that you do not need soldermask for this board.
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