gEDA-user: Is this type of footprint possible?

2010-03-29 Thread myken
Hello all, I want to use a component with the attached footprint. Is it possible to make a footprint with an arc inside? Any help appreciated. Regards, Robert attachment: Wurth-elektronik-744043120.jpg ___ geda-user mailing list

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

2010-03-29 Thread John Griessen
my...@iae.nl wrote: Hello all, I want to use a component with the attached footprint. Is it possible to make a footprint with an arc inside? I'm not sure about the exact drawing method you show, but it is possible to make an arc path that matches your concave edge, and add rectangular or

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

2010-03-29 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 09:16 -0500, John Griessen wrote: but it is possible to make an arc path that matches your concave edge, But currently we have no true arcs in footprint definition, so we have to approximate the arcs in the footprint file with multiple line elements. Or maybe we may draw

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

2010-03-29 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
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

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

2010-03-29 Thread Duncan Drennan
I want to use a component with the attached footprint. Is it possible to make a footprint with an arc inside? Practically I would approximate the land pattern by creating a pad with three parts, i.e. a pad for each side and then a long rectangular pad across the top to connect them. Make them

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

2010-03-29 Thread myken
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 +,