Re: gEDA-user: footprint creation war

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 04:03:05PM -0500, Phil Taylor wrote:
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> The best way I've found to create footprints is in a text editor.
> 
> If there is the goal of making a shared library, shouldn't the parts going
> into it be detailed and exact as only text-written parts can be?  Think of
> converting a footprint's dimensions from mils to millimeters and reading
> "2.00" on your calculator ... it gives legibility and confidence. 
> 
> Does anyone have a problem if I recommend on the wiki that writing footprints
> in text is the fastest(?) best(?) most precise(?) most legible(?) or ____ way
> to make footprints?
> 
> Does anyone actually make footprints on-screen?

Yes, me. Since I wrote those guidelines it's quite easy.

CL<

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> Phil
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> sdb@xxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Brorson) wrote:
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> > > It seems I should pay more attention to the manual "where there's nice
> > > short instructions for creating footprints, which doesn't cover things
> > > like soldermasks though" (and less to the wiki, where there is an
> > > obscure 36-step instruction to create footprints, but it doesn't say
> > > that you should "enable view soldermask as step 14.5").
> > 
> > I plead guilty to that.  I did a screen scrape of an instruction
> > posted by another geda-user contributor (who shall remain anonymous)
> > and just stuck it onto the wiki.   
> > 
> > If somebody wants to take the time to clean up this instruction, I
> > would be forever grateful.  Otherwise, wait until the April Circuit
> > Cellar magazine comes out, and follow the instructions in there.  ;-) 
> > 
> > Stuart
> > 
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