I have translated a PADS design into OrCAD PCB Designer 17.2. I now have everything the way I want it, saved as a .brd file, except that thru-hole pads appear on the top pastemask layer. For unknown reason they do not show up on the bottom pastemask layer, which is good. I want solder paste for my SMD pins, but I don't want paste getting into the holes of my thru-hole pads. I did not assign any additional layers at the padstack or symbol level (on Pad Editor, Mask Layers tab, all layers show "None" under the Pad column). I've been digging around and searching the forum, but cannot see how I can safely remove the thru-hole pads from the pastemask layers. The pastemask over the thru-hole pads is the same as the pad diameter. They show on my new Gerber files, but the original Gerbers from the PADS design only has SMD pads on the pastemask layer. Any guidance would be appreciated.
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