Hi 1.enable the solder mask layer.  2.switch to solder mask layer and draw a rect,  for the pad, the editor will add the solder mask automatically when generating the gerber.

Thanks for trying to help me, but whatever you are suggesting does exactly opposite - I need pad to be covered with protection layer, not to be exposed. Drawing rectangle does exactly opposite thing - it does expose copper. Any other ideas?

You need to generate the gerber, before send it to fabricate, you can delete the solder mask layer.

Sorry, I probably completely failing to explain what I am trying to accomplish. Here is what I have:   - as you can see pad object in yellow here shows as exposed copper - I need to cover it with protection masking layer. Is it more clear now? After doing what you are suggesting the same area looks like this in editor:  and like this in gerber view:  in other words it does opposite to what I need. Is my question more clear now? Similar question was posted back in 2015, but I don't think it was answered to the point of proposing a working solution. [https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/Solder_Mask-1qkCUc6oG](https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/Solder_Mask-1qkCUc6oG)

@alftel, I haven't tried this but in Version 5.3.14 you seem to be able to assign an **Solid Region** to the TopSolderLayer or BottomSolderLayer, i.e. top or bottom solder mask layers. Does this work for you?

Draw the shape you want with **Solid Region** feature and then right mouse button -> **Converter to Pad.**

if you draw a region in my experience it remains covered with green mask unless i explicitly click on "expose copper", and eve then resizing requires that I click it again

@lemayjulien, That is true for an area of copper created as a solid region or as a copper plane area and then having an aperture in the solder mask layer created over it. When a copper area created using a Solid Region is converted to a Pad using the right-click context menu **Convert to Pad**, that region is then converted a pad defined as a polygon. The Solder and Paste Mask apertures for this pad then resize with any change to the pad position or size.