gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

Larry Doolittle ldoolitt at recycle.lbl.gov
Wed Mar 5 16:56:02 EST 2008


Robert -

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:24:48PM +0000, Robert Fitzsimons wrote:
> I decided to try knocking up a interactive program
> which could be used to create the footprints.

Welcome to the club.

> I've to take a bit of a break until the weekend to work on another project,
> but I would appreciate your comments.

Check to see what features you like, and can steal, from 
qfp-ui (part of stock pcb).  Also I trust you have seen the
non-interactive footprint builders like Darrell Harmon's footgen.

See my previous rant on the subject:
  http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Feb-2006/msg00656.html

   - Larry


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