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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 12/04/2014 17:54, Jean-Paul Louis a écrit :
> Damiano,
> 
> I second your suggestion, but want to expand it a little, and ask
> for new features like array (1D and 2D) of pads. when you select
> that array, you give the size of the pad, the pitch and the
> direction. That would make life easier for the crazy shapes that we
> have with new parts like large BGA or QFP. I know that a Python
> script can do that, but not many layout designer are fluent in
> Python.
> 
> Just my $0.02.
> 
> Jean-Paul (AC9GH)

This kind of feature is usually found in footprint wizards.
Have you tried the QFP Wizard, from ModEdit.

Creating a wizard from scratch could be not easy.
However, modify an existing wizard (written in python, and outside
kicad code) to add a new feature like a 2D array from 1D array is (by
far) more easy and and can be done by many designers.

> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2014, at 3:11 AM, Ing. Damiano Bolla
> <Launchpad.Net@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Good mornig to everybody
>> 
>> While creating a footprint for a QFN64 I realized that footprint
>> creation would be a breeze if there was a "clone + (dx,dy)"
>> button in the pad editor
>> 
>> Let me explain it better
>> 
>> 90% of the time I spend while creating new footprints for SMD is
>> in adjusting the location of the pad The whole process would be
>> very easy if I could tell to Kicad, create a clone of this pad
>> having origin delta X and delta Y from the current origin
>> 
>> The PAD edit panel would include an extra button possibly called
>> "clone" or "replicate" and two input space for the delta X and
>> delta Y values
>> 
>> What do you all think of it ?
>> 
>> Damiano


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS