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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:32:19 -0600
From: John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] possibly dumb PCB question
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On 01/20/2015 05:48 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> If you wish total control over clearance, you may consider to use a text
> editor and directly set the numerical value. Polygon clearance is the 7th
> parameter of the pad statement. Recent versions of pcb happily accept
> values with real world units like "1.60mm".


That sounds like it will stay in the footprint and not need doing with mouse clicks
for every placement.