gEDA-user: pick and place ?plugin?footprints.c? for

[Stuart Brorson]

> I wonder if something that took component outlines from an assembly
> library (i.e. something known to accurately represent the components
> from a mechanical point of view and controlled by the assembly house)
> and dropped them on the board or let a user drag them onto a board and
> then had some magic which lined them up with solderpaste openings would
> work.  In other words, a user gets them close and now that the
> components are close to the right place it becomes easier for the
> software to make that last bit of adjustment.

I've been thinking about the gerber -> centroid utility proposed in
this thread.  One scheme which I have considered is similar to your
proposal.