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From: "Vaclav Peroutka (vaclavpe AT seznam DOT cz) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB interface (ECAD vs. MCAD)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:39:09 +0200 (CEST)
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<html><body><br><blockquote><div><div><div><div>On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:=
01 AM, Chris Smith (<a href=3D"mailto:space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com">space.dandy@=
icloud.com</a>) [via <a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">geda-user AT de=
lorie.com</a>] <span>&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">geda-use=
r AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
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</span>That=E2=80=99s my point.&nbsp; If you ignore the modern 3D MCAD stu=
ff and look at a simple 2D draughting package, like QCad, then PCB layout =
is just that plus electrical semantics =E2=80=94 relationships between obj=
ects and layers.<br>=0A=
<div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And schematic c=
apture is a single layer PCB with minimal widths and thickness where&nbsp;=
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iv></blockquote><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;IMO the main difference is (and what i=
s currently missing in geda) when moving a footprint the right angles will=
 stay on places where they are. And new position of the footprint will be =
restricted by those right (or 45degrees) angles.<br></p></body></html>=
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