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Re: gEDA-user: Is this type of footprint possible?

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:29:34 +0200, myken-kVLBEChPVFc wrote:

> Is it possible to make a footprint with an arc inside?

Not with "real" arcs, but arbitrarily close. The pads of footprints can
be composed of multiple straight tracks. If they all get the same number, 
pcb considers them to be part of the same pad.

The GUI of pcb provides no easy way to draw such complex shapes. The best
bet is to draw the footprint with a vector drawing application like 
inkscape, save as postscript and convert to pcb with ps2edit. See the 
wiki for more detailed instruction:
 http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#what_is_the_best_way_to_do_weird_footprints  

Hope, this helps,

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