Re: gEDA-user: Constraint-based PCB footprint design

[Jasper <funkybob@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have been thinking about such a footprint editor as well. I think
such a parametric sketcher is the way forward. At least it would make
drawing footprints much more fun! It might be possible to use code
from Sketchflat or pSketcher to obtain this functionality.

http://cq.cx/sketchflat.pl
http://code.google.com/p/psketcher/

Another option might be to use a parametric cad program to draw the
footprint, export as a dxf or similar and then convert. If you follow
a template for sketching I think this should be possible.

But of course thinking about it and actually implementing it are two
different things :-) I will also keep on daydreaming...

Best regards,

Jasper

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak
<knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rob Spanton wrote:
>
>> I've written more information about it in a blog post, where you'll also
>> find a link to the code:
>> https://xgoat.com/wp/2011/08/08/playing-with-footprints-and-constraints/
>>
> Nice!
> This is the way to go.
> Get rid of grid based design, enter constrains and let the system figure
> out the coordinates. Modern CAD tools work like this. It would be awsome
> to have this integrated into the GUI.<daydreaming>
>
> Component placement could benefit from this approach, too. Tell the system
> that the left edge of a connector should coincide with the upper edge of
> the layout and let the application do the required move.
>
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