Re: gEDA-user: How to do PCB Autorouting with non-plated holes

[Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin D Bennett wrote:

>  Well, you could do the heavy lifting with an awk script: 
>> 
>>  If the current line is a pin,
>>     set the diameter of the pin to zero and add a hole flag
>>     ouput a round pad with the diameter of the pins annular ring
>>  else, 
>>     output the current line unchanged.   
> 
> Could you do this on the layout (.pcb file) after all elements are
> placed so he would not even need to create new footprint files?
 
I answered yesterday (*), that it would be tricky to make sure the conversion 
happens only once if you apply the script more than once. Actually, there is 
an easy solution: Only do the conversion if the pin in question has non-zero 
pin width.

---<)kaimartin(>---

(*) Which didn't hit the list, yet.
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