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On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:55:07 -0500
"Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]"
<geda-help AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> You can accomplish this by drawing three parallel lines, two with
> rounded ends and one with square ends in the middle. You can use the
> size of the lines to determine the radius of the corners. If the
> attached illustration doesn't make it through, let me know and I'll
> send it to you directly. It you want it to be a through-hole, then
> you can add a via in the middle. Make sure that you assign the same
> pin number to all of the pieces that you use.
> 
> You can tweak the sizes of the soldermask clearance of each individual
> object using <k> or <shift-k> until you find an arrangement that you
> like.
> 
> Despite what others might want you to believe, this is a perfectly
> legitimate way of drawing composite shapes.
> 
> Let me know if you have any further questions.

I think for the moment I have to play a bit with pcb-rnd. I already
made such a pin that way.

When I worked with Layo1 I was one of the alpha/beta testers and I
created quite a big shape library at that time. Anyway, quality time
for now :)

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richard lucassen
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