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[Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great Job, and well done.

Congratulations to the CERN team.

That module editor will be a great addition to KiCad.
I am going to get your branch, build it for OS X and test it.

Thanks again,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH

On Jun 26, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ladies and gentlemen,
> 
> We have just reached the next step of our development plan. We would like to offer you a refurbished module editor, extended with the GAL and the Tool Framework. Besides the new graphic engine, you will find there:
> - layer widget - to select the drawing layer before you start creating graphics (including Edge.Cuts layer)
> - drawing tools - already known from the layout editor (draggable items, point editor, line splitting, etc.)
> - copy and paste using reference points - feel the power of instant replication
> - align/distribute - to save you some time on precise mouse movements
> - pad enumeration tool - that is the missing piece in the lightning fast footprint creation process
> - DXF import - we do not blame you if you prefer other graphic utils (it is possible mostly due to efforts of Jean-Pierre Charras, the main author of DXF import code)
> 
> We invite you to watch a short video, in which you may see the new features in action. To give you an example, there is a part on how to draw a QFN64 footprint in less than 2 minutes:
> https://vimeo.com/99235812
> 
> The code is available for testing in the repository: https://code.launchpad.net/~cern-kicad/kicad/module_editor
> After a period of testing, it will be merged to the product branch. You may help shortening the time by letting us know if everything works as expected.
> 
> I feel obliged to say thank you to the KiCad community that gave us a few thoughts regarding improvements. We should ask you more often, you have great ideas.
> 
> Regards,
> Orson
> 
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