On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Lombardi, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I am new to the gEDA suite of tools.
>
> I've managed to create a simple double-sided PCB shich i am expecting
> from PCBExpress today!
>
> Currently, I am in the middle of the layout of my second, and I have a
> question regarding placing components.
>
> The situation is thus:  I have 200 SMT LED's that i have to place in a
> grid pattern.
>
> Rather than placing these things one by one i was wondering if there
> might be a way to automate the process using the Command Entry line?
>
> I was thinking some kind of a batch file using "Select(ElementByName,
> D1) and then a "MoveObject(x,y)".
>

I have a couple of scripts that I use for this purpose. I have used both to
create
LED matrices.

Checkout pcb-place at ---
http://www.luciani.org/not-quite-ready/not-quite-ready-index.html

and sch-matrix/pcb-matrix at
http://www.luciani.org/geda/util/matrix/index.html

(* jcl *)


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