Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint pad creation

[Stephen Meier <smeier@AlchemyResearch.com>]

Opps... the pain of multiple email accounts....

Steve M.

Ales Hvezda wrote:

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> From: Steve Meier <smeier@meierrippin.com>
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> David,
>
> Get a copy of my document.
>
> www.meierrippin.com/pcb_landpattern_design.pdf
>
>
> David Koski wrote:
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>  
> > Hello,
> >
> > Forgive the simple question but I cannot find the answer in the scant
> > documentation "Pcb-20031110".  For creating a Newlib footprint, paragraph 7.2.1
> > "Creating Newlib Footprints" says:
> >
> > 3. For leaded part, select the via tool and place vias where the pads for the
> > part should go.  For surface mount pads, draw line segments.
> >
> > 4. For each via and line segment which will become a pad, select it, right-click
> > to bring up the popup menu and choose "edit name".  Enter the pin number and
> > press enter.
> >
> >
> > When using the via too, the via can indeed be named but when using the line
> > tool, the line segment can be named but it does not become a pad.  Furthermore,
> > I want the pads to be square and not rounded like lines.  Also, when using the
> > rectangle tool to make a pad, it cannot be named.
> >
> > How to make pads?!
> >
> > Thank you,
> > David Koski
> > david.nospham@KosmosIsland.com
> > !.nospham
> >
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