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Subject: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] thermal on smd pads - video
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Hi all,

a long standing user request is to have thermals on SMD pads, 
mentioned e.g. in these 13 and 9 years old threads:

http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Aug-2004/msg00118.html

http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Jul-2008/msg00411.html

In pcb-rnd we make things happen. This week's minute video demonstrates 
how to do this with pcb-rnd, using padstacks and a subcircuit:

https://archive.org/details/pcb-rnd-pad-thermal

It starts with 3 pad stacks and 2 silk lines converted into a subcircuit, 
terminal names ("pin numbers") assigned to the SMD pads. These steps are 
similar to how we used to build elements.

Then from 00:30 the thermal tool is used to toggle thermals on each 
padstack.

The generic polygon shaped padstack is in the video to demonstrate that we 
are free from special casing and hacks: the rectangular pad is really a 
rectangular polygon, not a square cap line, and everything (including the 
thermal tool) works on every object type.

Regards,

Igor2