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From: al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Update a footprint in PCB without replacing parts?
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:12:01 -0500
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On Monday 03 March 2014, Rob Butts wrote:
> I have a layout done but many of the footprints solder masks
> are too big. I'd rather not have to do Shift-Ks on each
> pad.  Can I change the footprint definitions and have PCB
> recognize the changes without having to
> delete-save-gschem2pcb-add said components?

What I did for something like that is to edit the .pcb file with 
a text editor.  Look up the format for the pad, then global 
search and replace.