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["Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lorenzo,

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
>
> The problem is plotting: Gerber AM only supports *regular* polygons or
> just *outlines*; in fact the 'trapezoidal' pad is *not* plotted, as of
> today... it's simply not supported by gerber :(

I am confused by your statement.  The AM #4 can represent an arbitrary
closed (as in filled) shape with up to 50 vertexes.  It is only the AD
that cannot support arbitrary shapes like this.

--brian