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Re: gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints

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> So, how is this kind of information (slots, etc) usually communicated to 
> PCB vendors?  I presume it ends up being fed to a CNC router.  Can it be 
> as simple as drawing tracks on a layer and saying "don't fab it, route 
> these paths with a 0.125" router bit"?

From what I've heard, yes.  There's a gerber layer where each "line"
is a slot path.


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References:
- gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints
  - From: Tamas Szabo
- Re: gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints
  - From: DJ Delorie
- Re: gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints
  - From: Tamas Szabo
- Re: gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints
  - From: John Luciani
- Re: gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints
  - From: Tamas Szabo
- Re: gEDA-user: creating not regular footprints
  - From: Dave N6NZ

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