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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:52:24 -0600
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Star connection points in PCB?
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On 02/18/2015 05:26 AM, Peter Clifton wrote:
> PCB could (hypothetically, no details here) treat this shorting component in the same way as it could perhaps other user drawn
> board level components, such as a fuse created by a thinned track, microwave transmission line stub, inductor / antenna / planar
> transformer winding....
>
> I'm not totally sure how exactly, but layer features could be identified and associated with the components on the schematic.
> Perhaps a more "live" way to dip into footprint (component?) drawing mode more easily would be a way to do this.
+1

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