Re: gEDA-user: Rotate QFN by 45 degrees

[Mark Rages <markrages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Mark Rages<markrages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to rotate a QFN part (with thermal pad) by 45 degrees.  The
> part rotates, but the pad doesn't.
>
> Here's what I'm doing:
>
> go to library, choose "pcb-newlib/geda/QFN40_6_EP.fp"
>
> place the part
>
> cut to buffer. Choose center as origin point.
>
> enter ":FreeRotateBuffer(45)"
>
> paste part.
>
> The result is like this: http://vivara.net/images/Screenshot-PCB.png
>

It appears that there is no syntax for Pad[] to represent a rotated
square.  I worked around by making the pad 1 unit non-square.

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail
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Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
markrages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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