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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] pcb file format
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:12 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>> I think (DJ is the authority here) our current file architecture does
>> not do ovals
>
> We do round-ended rectangles (i.e. for tssop pads), square and round,
> and octagons.
>
>> > With this data format, one can define arbitrary footprints. No restrictions
>> > like "no silkscreen polygons".
>>
>> To be fair to DJ and the other authors those are not arbitrary. Folks
>> just kind of coded themselves into a corner.
>
> And we do have silkscreen polygons ;-)

Sorry. Acute foot in mouth syndrome.

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