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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 18/02/2016 20:09, Mikael Arguedas a écrit :
> Hi guys,
> 
> The patches this plugin was relying on have all been merged.
> I updated this patch to accordingly.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mikael
> 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Mikael Arguedas <mikael.arguedas@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Here is an updated version of this new qfn wizard.
>> Changes:
>>  - fixed thermal pad numbering when no subdivision are requested (epad
>> subdiv x= 0|1 or epad subdiv y =0|1). thanks to Peter Horvath testing.
>> - set the attribute to SMD
>> - round the courtyard to land on a 0.05mm grid (this feature relies on the
>> patch of this thread
>> <https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg23062.html>)
>>
>> Could you please let us know if you want to integrate/support wizards for
>> components having thermal pads? I noticed that Maurice worked on similar
>> kind of plugins in the past but they have never been merged.
>>
>> If you do want to integrate them, Peter and I are willing to add several
>> features to this plugin and it's equivalent for SON footprints "son_wizard"
>> plugin:
>> - placing thermal vias centered on the thermal pad array
>> - add a possibility of "outward extension" of the pad for people willing
>> to generate HandSoldering version of the footprints
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Mikael


I am thinking an option to build the exposed pad with thermal vias (for
us, small round pads inside the EPad), is a very interesting feature.

Previous pythons plugons scripts I tried did not work well.

Thanks.


-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS