On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:02:01PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> Peter Todd wrote:
> > That said, placement for instance is a big pain in PCB. Often I need to
> > have stuff placed exactly, like the positions of LEDs, and having some
> > more CAD like features rather than just the grid would be really helpful
> > at times.
> 
>    I agree with this.  In AutoCAD in particular, one can specify the 
> exact coordinates of an object by typing them.  I'd love to be able to 
> do this easily within PCB.

Given that PCB is used for 2d design I think essentially copying the
main features of qcad, in terms of movement and drawing, would be a
great start. Similarly a DXF to footprint/layout importer/exporter would
be very useful.

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http://petertodd.org 'peter'[:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

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