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

[myken <myken@xxxxxx>]

Thanks, I will try this approach, although the simplicity of Duncan's
solution also appeals to me, but I don't know if I get into trouble with
manufacturing (placement) tolerances using such a simple footprint.
Any way, thanks for your reply.
Regards, Robert.

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 18:04 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> 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,
> 
> ---<)kaimartin(>---



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