I remember seeing http://www.delorie.com/electronics/r8c-27-adapter/ a while ago.
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am in the progress of making a DIP-64 carrier pcb for a QFP64 MCU > which also will carry voltage regulator, crystal and some glue logic. > My first attempt used a straight QFP64 package aligned 90 degrees. > When doing the routing I found that I my task would be a lot easier if > I could rotate the QFP64 by 45 degrees. But I could not find a menu > option for doing so. > > I started this email having no clue about how to rotate a footprint by > 45 degrees in pcb, and then I thought "don't be a noob, search the > mailinglist first". A first search for "rotate footprint" did not help > me out as quick as I wanted, so I went to my local pcb git repository > and updated the source to have the newest possible version and rebuilt > it. Checked the documentation and searched for "rotate" in the pdf. > Then the FreeRotateBuffer() command came to my eyes. Another search in > the mailing list for FreeRotateBuffer() gave me all the information I > wanted, and it has actually been around for a while. > > Ok, I could have stopped there, canceled my email and continued with > my board, but then I felt the need to ask why this FreeRotateBuffer() > isn't more visible in the user interface? In the Buffer menu, there > are separate items for rotating 90 degrees clockwise and > counterclockwise, but no item for free rotating of the buffer. From > what I have read about FreeRotateBuffer() any errors are accumulated > so it may not be a good idea to modify the rotate tool to step > anything else but 90 degrees. > > From the documentation it is not clear that FreeRotateBuffer() is the > way to go. It is just documented, but a new user, not familiar with > pcb's command language may have a hard time getting there, and from > the mailing list point of view it is a FAQ. At least in my opinion. > > I am just trying to argue why an extra Buffer menu item should be > added, but there may be reasons for not doing so that I don't know. > Just trying to make pcb a little more user friendly. > > -- > Svenn > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
