Re: gEDA-user: Design Flow Roadmap starting point

["John Luciani" <jluciani-atMUNGEDgmail_dot_com>]

On 3/18/07, C P Tarun <tcpip@dhandanought.org> wrote:
> > > 3.  There should be native support for elongated vias (they
> > >     are called "pads" in Eagle) when defining an element.
> >
> > The way to do this in pcb is to put a pin and a pad in the same place.
> > The pin gives you the drill hole, and the pad defines the elongated
> > copper shape.
>
> Yes, I've tried this with my footprints. The problem is that you need two
> pads (for a traditional double-layer footprint) and you need to edit the
> text file of the element to set the numbering of the pads. (Can I set the
> pad number through the GUI of PCB the way I can for the pin number
> by pressing 'n'?) This approach is error-prone, I felt. When I open up
> the text file of the element, I see a list of pads but I don't know which
> two pads are associated with pin 1, and so on.

You may want to try one of the many footprint scripts that are around.
Making the footprints in a batch using a script is a lot less error prone
than one by one in the GUI.

If you are looking for DIPs or SIP headers with rounded pads over pins
you could try my website.

(* jcl *)

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