Hey Bob, Did you ever get this figured out? There are at least a few ways that I can think of to add a free standing metal feature. Not sure exactly what you need for this bump pad. A metal pad relieved of mask? Solder paste? Let me know if you still need help with it. Gary Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Longmont, Colorado amd.com gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx ________________________________ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob McCreight Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:55 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] How To add Bump Pad? I am all alone in the office and in need of some assistance... How do you go about adding a free pad (or four)? This is for an Allegro 15.5 layout. I wish to place a bump pad at each corner of my BGA devices without modifying the part footprint. Seems like such an easy thing to do but I am stumped :-( Tried doing a sub-drawing from a reference design but that process is not cooperating. What is the trick? Thanks in advance for your help! Bob McCreight, C.I.D.