gEDA-user: pick and place ?plugin?footprints.c? for gerbv

[John Griessen <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave N6NZ wrote:
> 
> 
> John Griessen wrote:
> 
>> The minimalist hack I am planning is to find the silk
>> layer elements that touch each other first, then the intersection of
>> the max extents of those with pad centers and call that a group.
>> Then get human input to weed the groups and add the missing.
> 
> On my SO silk, the sides of the part are inside the pads, not outside. 
> Will it recognize those?

Those will only get recognized by a further improved version, not the first cut version.
First cut will use enclosing boxes, then human input.

I'm planning on redoing my silk outlines that are compact like that, and
make courtyard boxes instead, because robots placing parts is a wonderful thing.


John G

PS  this hack will have to wait til after I return, 7 March ++.
-- 
Ecosensory   Austin TX


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