Hello,
I'm designing a PCB that uses tactile metal switch contacts - "snap domes." For those who don't know, a snap dome is a little, mostly circular bit of metal in the shape of a dome that acts as a switch. The outside of the dome is connected to one trace (GND in my case) and the center, when depressed, would make contact with the other trace, completing the circuit. There is no soldering involved, but a layer of Kapton tape is used to hold the snap domes in place. As such, the pad and the copper area that the dome sits on need to be bare copper. My application is a single layer board.
For the center of the switch, I use a pad, Top Later only, no hole.
--> Q1: I have this currently set to 'Plated' - should I remove this?
For the outside of the pad, I use a Center Arc. It looks like a 'C' surrounding the pad. I don't think this will work because this area will likely be masked.
--> Q2: Do I draw a Copper Area around both the pad and the Center Arc to accomplish what I want?