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> Subject: [geda-user] Using gerbv for assisting manual placement tasks
> From: pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk
> To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
> Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 00:21:30 +0100
>
> Hi All,

>
> SO, I spent a couple of hours bashing out some proof of concept (get me
> working ASAP) code that extends gerbv to manage lists of parts for
> placement. The results were very gratifying, and I think it is worth
> cleaning this feature up to make it more polished.
>
> I'm planning (with time), to extend functionality to allow saving out of
> the placed/unplaced status, and perhaps adding comments fields to
> document the "stuffed 100K || 100K in place of called out 50k" etc...
>
>
> With the initial kludge code, my SMT placement productivity jumped from
> ~0, to fairly high.
>
> Anyone else think this might be useful to them...
> Anyone already have a better solution?

This is probably best feature since postscript output from PCB.

Until now I had printed board and BOM and used pen to cross the footprint
and write date and time to BOM when I have soldered component.

So yes I have solution but I like your solution much more.

Best regards,
Hannu Vuolasaho
 		 	   		  

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