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[Rene Pöschl <poeschlr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

From reading the patch it seems this is for cases where you have 
exactly one corner to chamfer. Which is a nice addition for qfn footprints.

It would however be a bit more flexible if every corner is toggleable 
independently (so one could make pads with 1,2,3 or even 4 corners 
chamfered.)
That would allow this pad to also be used as paste only pad for exposed 
pads with thermal vias if one wants to avoid placing paste over vias.

On 30/08/18 20:33, jp charras wrote:
> Hi Alls,
>
> Attached a patch (against latest master version) that add a new pad
> shape:  chamfered round rectangle.
>
> It is now frequently used in footprints.
>
> Although this kind of pad shape can be created by custom pad shapes, a
> primitive pad shape has some advantages:
> - more easy to edit
> - support of thermal reliefs.
>
> This is a feature especially for our library maintainers.
>
> Please test.
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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