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[John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2014-12-05 at 22:02 +0000, John Beard wrote:

The move exact and duplicate tools are now supplemented by an array tool
which allows creation of grid, staggered grid and circular arrays of
pads, lines or text within modedit. It is available in both legacy and
GAL modes, but blocks can only be handled in the GAL mode. As a teaser,
here is a staggered grid array with 100 pads:

http://s11.postimg.org/7xn9q458z/Screenshot_from_2015_01_10_02_14_11.png

A dialogue box is provided to adjust the array parameters.

This should make construction of footprints with evenly-spaced features
much easier.

The default shortcut is Ctrl-N and numbering can be done according to
several schemes.

> 
> The merge request is at:
> 
> https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/moveexact/+merge/243870

Merge request has been updated. I'm not sure why it has included some
previous revisions and got some conflicts - the salient ones are the
last two.

Testing and suggestions very welcome.

Thanks,

John