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Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:20:21 +0200
From:	"Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] oval pins in pcb?
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Footprint below have on oval shaped pad.

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On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 23:07:12 +0200
"Cyril Hrubis (metan DOT lists AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Hi!
> I wanted to use oval copper shape for pins on my PCB layout, but looking
> into pcb editor this does not seem to be possible at all.
> 
> I tried to hack around that by adding a copper polygon in the footprint,
> but it looks like the file format does not support having a copper in
> footprints. And thinking about it it makes sense, since it cannot know
> the layer it will belong to.
> 
> I also shortly looked into the pcb source code, but I do not see how
> this could be added easily enough. I suppose that we would have to add
> two more string flags, something as "oval_horiz" and "oval_vert", but
> then it looks like there are too many special cases all over the place
> that would need to be adjusted.
> 
> Or is there a better way?
> 
> -- 
> Cyril Hrubis

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