Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

[Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven Michalske wrote:

> I Agree with John here I extensively use the shipped footprints, but i 
> review them like a hawk.  printing out your board 1 to 1 is a must.... 
>  place the component on the paper, does it line up right?
> 
> Where I work,  we have 2 levels of boards, proto and mass production. 
>  the mass production boards have their footprints gone through with a 
> ultra fine tooth comb, proto boards not so much.  our library is 100% 
> our own.  We don't even use Cadences SO-8 footprint!

Well unless they've done some serious fixing of their footprints I don't 
blame you!  The one board I've done using concept and allegro was 
clearly not manufacturable becuase of the bad footprints.  Luckily I 
only needed a small number of hand built ones.



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