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On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 14:44:09 +0100 (CET)
gedah AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:

[oblong pins]

> If you want a nice, clean solution instead of such workarounds, I 
> recommend using pcb-rnd instead of pcb. Pcb-rnd can read your .pcb
> and footprint files, so you don't have to start over. 

I haven't really started yet, I just installed pcb-rnd and I'm going to
play with it a bit. I was an experienced OrCad3.20/Layo1 user (DOS-6.22)
and those two programs still work well under dosbox (Linux), but
the output and screendrivers have limited options for today's hardware.

> In pcb-rnd we have replaced pins and pads with padstacks. In a
> padstack you can have different shapes, including round cap line, but
> we also support arbitrary polygon shapes in padstacks. We have a
> shape generator to help you generate such rounded corner rectangle
> (with rectangle dimensions and rounding radius). Demo videos:
> 
> - shape generator: https://archive.org/details/pcb_rnd_shape
> 
> - how to create a footprint with round corner  shaped pins
> (narrated): https://archive.org/details/pcb-rnd-padstack

Great, that looks nice :-) I'll play a bit with it, I have to find my
way in pcb-rnd for the moment. The last pcb I made was 15 years ago or
so.

R.

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