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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank Jean-Pierre - I'll test in the next few days. I'm using a PowerStep01
which has strange shaped pads.

- Cirilo


On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 4:14 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Attached, a first patch to test rounded rect and custom shaped pads.
> (against rev bzr 6552)
>
> Although most of features are working (DRC, plot, ...), this is still a
> work in progress, and all features and options are not fixed.
>
> custom shaped pads can be created only by a very basic and crude editor
> in pad properties dialog.
>
> There is not a graphic editor (the graphic pad editor is to be defined),
> just a dialog to add/remove/duplicate and edit basic shapes (line, arc
> circle and polygon)
>
> The pad shape is a set of basic shapes + the pad anchor (a usual circle
> or rect pad, which is the pad position reference)
> In pns router and zones the pad shape clearance area is the convex hull
> of the actual shape.
>
> Currently there is no verification of the validity of the shape.
> The full shape is expected to be only one copper area.
>
> I attached a sample.
>
> I need volunteers to start testing these new pads.
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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