Re: gEDA-user: Wishfull thinking, one more...

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne,

I think you can accomplish this now by using a combination of a pin and
a surface mount pad.

Steve Meier

On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 16:06 +0100, anne Vanhoest wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As a tread of wishes has started I thought I'd add mine in the list.  But
> I couldn't do so without first expressing all my gratitude to all those
> who contribute to the development of gEDA. So, well, thanks guys!
> As far as the wish goes: would anyone but me like to have oval pin
> footprints?  At the moment I can get round or square fine, but sometimes
> I need to get a track between two pins of an IC, and as I am developing
> my PCBs with very basic tools I cannot make super-fine tracks and must
> keep a decent copper to copper distance.  In the past I use to draw oblong
> pins, narrow enough to allow a track between two pins of a typical IC
> socket. Any chances to see this option in future PCB developments?
> 
> thanks
> 
> anne
> 
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