The work flow around here often happens the other direction. The outline
of the board is created to fit a space limited area and then we squeeze
the circuit into that shape. So being able to create a "foot print"
which is nothing more then a silkscreen outline from a dxf file would be
really usefull.

Steve Meier


Dan McMahill wrote:
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> This is pretty cool.  Even if the import of dxf never happens, I can 
> imagine a lot of users being able to export their boards and lay it on a 
> mechanical drawing of a package to check that mounting holes line up, 
> that the boards fits, etc.  I've also heard rumors of some specialized 
> manufacturers who for some reason only take dxf (!) for board layouts. 
> I've not confirmed that.
>
> -Dan
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