On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 22:12 +0200, Hannu Vuolasaho wrote: > Hi! > I got one module from my friend (his design) which has about 50 > connectors which can be then soldered to SMD pads. Usually I do this by > starting from ready symbol and tweking it with emacs.
Sorry, I have no idea about your intention. Maybe DJ has, I have seen he has responded already. Maybe you can make a picture? If making footprints is your problem: For that we have many helpful tools. > Unfortunately this time it is too hard. The pads are all over the > module with no real pattern. > I started with background image and copied the footprint to PCB and > I've been following this guide: > http://ronja.twibright.com/guidelines/footprints.php > Instruction number 5: Draw an alignment cross in the component > reference point (usually the centroid). Use two rectangles placed on > "unused" or "unused1" layer > What? I don't have those layers. And is that cross some special thing? > And is that guide up to date? I so promise that I will try to write > better guide when I master this. > -- For the layers names: Current PCB does not have these by default, but there is nothing special with them. You can rename existing layers, maybe you have to change layer grouping in layer dialog. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
