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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] possibly dumb PCB question
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:16:24 +0100
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John Griessen wrote:

> 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.
> 
Yes. I meant the design of a footprint.

You can increase clearance on the fly as needed. But I would avoid to go 
down that road. It is an invitation to errors.

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