Hi all,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org
> [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Bob Paddock
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 1:52 PM
> To: gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0
>
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Jonathon Schrader
> <jlsch...@jlschrad.net> wrote:
>
> > That is, a footprint (such as the battery mount mentioned
> previously) with a requirement not to place any parts >
> between the tabs, but traces are fine?
>
> It would be good to be able to say "place no component thicker than X"
> in this area. Consider case clearances. "Why didn't you tell
> me you drive a #6 bolt through the case to hold the board in
> place? It is not on any of the prints!" :-(
>
Maybe you could add an attribute to an element defining the height.
Something like: Attribute ("element_height=", "5 mm")
And write a plugin for parsing all elements and exporting this (and other)
attribute as key-value pairs to whatever file (format) you can think of for
further processing (mechanical DRC).
Kind regards,
Bert Timmerman
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