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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 01:00:31PM +1000, Mitch Davis wrote:
> For me it would be especially useful in the module editor, because
> then making a new module from a datasheet would be sped up enormously.
>  No more fiddly calculation of hole positions in spreadsheets and the
> like, just grab a footprint image from the datasheet, size and place
> it on screen in the module editor, then plonk the pad where the hole

Too bad that usually datasheets are *not to scale*. Be careful.

Also pad size deserves appropriate calculations depending on your
technology...

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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