Re: gEDA-user: Pin 1 placement in footprint

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DJ is right you can put it where ever you want.

However some assembly shops would like to know where the center of the
foot print is.

Steve Meier

On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 18:02 +0200, Tamas Szabo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just checked the footprint in newlib and found that in lot of the 
> cases pin 1 of a part is placed to (0,0).
> 
> Is there any drawback if I put it somewhere else due to make the 
> calculation easier?
> 
> I mean, for example, selecting one corner of the outline of a module 
> built on a small pcb (like GPS-, BT-modules) or connectors, etc., since 
> all unit are measured from that point?
> 
> Thx,
> 
> /sza2
> 
> 
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