Re: gEDA-user: pcb footprint pad creation

[Dan McMahill <dan@mcmahill.net>]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 03:58:10PM -0800, David Koski wrote:
> 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.


it does not become a pad until you select the various pads and convert the selection
to an element.  Then you can select the pads and then at the bottom of the 'select'
menu, 'change square flag' of either the entire element or just a selected pin.

-Dan (who has obviously failed on that part of the PCB manual....)

 

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