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On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Bernhard Kraft <kraftb AT think-open DOT at> wrote:

>> Kai-Martin, can you elaborate on this? (I take this is a pcb
>> restriction and not a gerber one)
>
>
> I guess so. In PCB there are Pins and Pads.
>
> Pins have
>  * center
>  * diameter (Thickness/Aperture)
>  * drill size
>  * clearance
>  * Soldermask
>
> http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf#page=5&zoom=auto,-247,251
> (Page 19-20)
>
>
> Pads have:
>  * start (x,y)
>  * end (x,y)
>  * Thickness (Aperture)
>  * clearance
>  * Soldermask
>
> http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf#page=5&zoom=auto,-247,251
> (Page 17-18)
>
> Pads are always drawn using a square/rectangular aperture. Thus pads can
> only be rectangular.

What about the rounded flag?  It shows up as 0x0800 in PCB files and I've
used it to make rounded pads.

Britton