Colleagues,

I’d like to make a board where some of the vias are on SMT pads. I’m aware of the potential assembly problems, which via-in-pad might cause. My circuit will be hand assembled.

When I try to make via-in-pad, Eagle generates a pop-up message “can’t set via to layer 1”, or draws a big yellow X on the layout.

Is it possible to suppress this error in Eagle layout?

Any suggestion, insight or reference is really appreciated!

Cheers,
- Nick

Update: Parallel thread https://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=33244

 

Try creating the via off the side and then move in on the SMT pad.

 

Try creating the via off the side and then move in on the SMT pad.

On one hand, this workaround produced a desire result. On the other hand, doing this for lots of pads would be a PITA.

 

try putting the vias on first and then drag the pads over them?
I don't currently have eagle on my machine to test anything, sorry