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-- Cut here -- From: Steve Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David, Get a copy of my document. www.meierrippin.com/pcb_landpattern_design.pdf David Koski wrote: >Hello, > >Forgive the simple question but I cannot find the answer in the scant >documentation "Pcb-20031110". For creating a Newlib footprint, paragraph 7.2.1 >"Creating Newlib Footprints" says: > >3. For leaded part, select the via tool and place vias where the pads for the >part should go. For surface mount pads, draw line segments. > >4. For each via and line segment which will become a pad, select it, right-click >to bring up the popup menu and choose "edit name". Enter the pin number and >press enter. > > >When using the via too, the via can indeed be named but when using the line >tool, the line segment can be named but it does not become a pad. Furthermore, >I want the pads to be square and not rounded like lines. Also, when using the >rectangle tool to make a pad, it cannot be named. > >How to make pads?! > >Thank you, >David Koski >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >!.nospham >
