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[Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Mathias!

I'm looking forward to test that as soon as I can.
(Currently a busy with commercial stuff.)

On 2016-01-12 00:06, Mathias Grimmberger wrote:
> I refreshed a part of my patch for rounded rectangle pads (minus the
> plotting stuff, OpenGL canvas, stuff I probably forgot) so everybody
> interested can have a look and play a bit with it, see below.
> 
> Now to my question: is there interest in this stuff, is there maybe a
> different plan in the works to get roundrect pads - I seem to remember
> talk about arbitrary pad shapes?

After reading the code, it seems that there is some more meat between
the ribs necessary to make it work, but well, it's a start!
I try to migrate some designs / libraries / library generators
from my pricy PCB design tool where the latest versions implement
roundrect pads to improve mfg yield a bit.

If you need feedback how others are doing roundrect pads, we
should have a chat. I.e. the Gerber output is assembled with a
round flash with radius==radius of the roundrect and then
rasterized/line filled across the pad shape both in x- as
well as in y-direction.

So, I know roundrects as basic library elements. Arbitrary pad
shapes are treated differently / in a more complex manner.

Regards,

Clemens