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: > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > > _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
