gEDA-user: Dual position resistors in gschem/pcb

[Lares Moreau]

> Once I add footprint attributes to these (say, 0805) and run gsch2pcb,
> I'll get two 0805 elements in pcb, one for R40A and one for R40B, right?
> I was thinking of then creating the DPR by overlapping their pads on the
> layer.  Now my questions are:
>
> 1. Would this work or not?
Yup, overlap the pads and they will appear as one. They would be called R40 and R41 (letters are for multiple symbols to one footprint)
>
> 2. Should I be doing this in a different way?  Perhaps create a special
>    3-pin symbol for the DPR with a corresponding special 3-pad
>    footprint?
>
You could if you like.

-Lares
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