gEDA-user: PCB: Rotate in steps of 30 and 45 degree?

[John Griessen]

Even though it's a limitation in gerber spec, it's going to come up
more and more with optical interface boards for lighting, directing LED light 
into light pipes.

Can we make SMT footprints with round ended pads on an angle?

John G

Xtian Xultz wrote:
> Em Seg 02 Out 2006 14:36, DJ Delorie escreveu:
For example, the gerber
>> exporter can't plot angled lines with square corners, it would have to
>> draw them as filled polygons.  The autorouter doesn't know about them
>> either, nor does the optimizer.
> 
> Even the 45 deg lines? What a mess... 
> I see some boards that have one or two chipsets at 45 deg,