Re: gEDA-user: Creating SMT element in PCB

[Vaughn Treude <vltreude@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 09:07, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > <sigh> I was hoping there was some arcane command that could convert
> > the pads into something the program would understand.  It sure would
> > be cool if you could create pads using the rectangle tool.
> 
> Yeah, that would be cool.  However, rectangles are just one
> simplification of polygons; they're stored as four-point polys
> internally.  How do we convert an arbitrary polygon?  We can't,
> really.  And when you convert back to parts (break up the element), do
> you use lines or rectangles?
> 
> Not insurmountable problems, but reasons why we went with the easy
> options ;-)
> 

Yeah, I can understand that.  The lines do work, but they're a bit
tricky, since you have to account for line width when figuring out the
length.  Thanks for your help!

Vaughn

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