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(>--- _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user