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Subject: terminology question:

From: Piers Goodhew <piers@...>
Date: 2009-03-09

Hi All,

What is the term for the process where your traces are simply
"outlined" by etching, and as a result, most of the copper is left on
the board, and you presumably use a lot less etchant (and maybe get
some 2D RF shielding as well).

What I'm talking about is used by SparkFun a lot, as in: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/images/products/00718-02-L.jpg

I suppose I have two questions really:

1 - what do you call this?
2 - is there a handy one-click way to do it in major CAD packages?

PG