Re: gEDA-user: PCB PKG CONNECTOR

[Terry Porter <techman@d2.net.au>]

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
Mikey Sklar <sklarm@screwdecaf.cx> wrote:

> 
> Any tips on using terminal blocks with gschem/PCB?
> 
> I created a schematic and PCB including my terminal blocks.
> 
> I chose:
> 
> CONNECTOR 1 3
> 
> for the footprint for my terminal blocks. In my case its one row and
> three columns. Unfortunately it looks like all the pins are getting
> 100mill spacing and I'd really like 300mill spacing. I could just
> hack up the connector.inc in the pcb m4 files, but that hardly seems
> appropriate. Whats the right way to modfy PCB packagings, or simply
> override them on a per project basis?
> 

Using the graphical footprint design technique in the 1.99 series, just use a make your own part and save it to your local pcb parts directory. I havent used M4 to make a part since I started using the 1.99 series.

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Terry
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