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Re: gEDA-user: PCB SMD footprint creation guidelines

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Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB SMD footprint creation guidelines
From: sdb@xxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Brorson)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:28:51 -0500 (EST)
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In-reply-to: <20060226133723.GA600@kestrel> from "Karel Kulhavy" at Feb 26, 2006 02:37:23 PM
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> Because creating a PCB footprint in gEDA is a rocket science and I made
> always a million mistakes, I wrote myself guidelines. Please put it into
> the gEDA user manual as example procedure so that inexperienced users
> can draw a correct SMD footprint in 10 minutes and not an incorrect one
> in 1 hour.

Thanks, Karel.  I put your procedure on the wiki here:

http://geda.seul.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_draw_a_new_footprint

Give it a read and let me know if you have any suggestions/corrections.

Stuart

References:
- gEDA-user: PCB SMD footprint creation guidelines
  - From: Karel Kulhavy

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