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Everybody does this a little differently. Some people draw the footprint entirely using PCB. Some people first draw a preliminary footprint in PCB, and then finish it off by hand editing it (e.g. using emacs). Some people write Perl or Python scripts to autogenerate footprints. | Everybody does this a little differently. Some people draw the footprint entirely using PCB. Some people first draw a preliminary footprint in PCB, and then finish it off by hand editing it (e.g. using emacs). Some people write Perl or Python scripts to autogenerate footprints. | ||
- | * use a text editor. See [[http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf| the manual on footprint creation]] by Stuart Brorson for the details. | + | * use a text editor. See [[http://wiki.geda-project.org/_media/geda:land_patterns_20070818.pdf| the manual on footprint creation]] by Stuart Brorson for the details. |
* draw the part in PCB and save as a footprint. See the [[http://ronja.twibright.com/guidelines/footprints.php|howto by Karel Kulhavy]] | * draw the part in PCB and save as a footprint. See the [[http://ronja.twibright.com/guidelines/footprints.php|howto by Karel Kulhavy]] | ||
* or use a [[http://dlharmon.com/geda/footgen.html| python script]] by Darrel Harmon for "two pad", "SOxx", "tabbed" and QFP" style | * or use a [[http://dlharmon.com/geda/footgen.html| python script]] by Darrel Harmon for "two pad", "SOxx", "tabbed" and QFP" style |