----- Original Message -----=20 From: "V G" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [EE] Eagle > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote= : > >> Wouldn't it be easier to set the display pitch equal to desired pad >> pitch and look? Any discrepancy would be very easy to spot. > > > I tried that, but I didn't feel comfortable doing it. I don't know why. > --=20 Hi, Whispering rather low, considering some accusations recently, but here we g= o: Take a look at Number One's "Easy PC". Here you'll find a "New Component" W= izard, if you want to use that. You just enter the values from the data sheet and= your foot print is ready. The precision is 1/1000 mm. I have used Easy PC for at least 10+ years and it has not caused me any dis= astrous problems. I have not made as many products as Mr. Lathrop, but rather some 50 or so .= Most of the PCB:s I have had manufactured by (very silent) OLIMEX [oops]. Once in the b= eginning, I had a remark from Mr. Usinov (Olimex), rather sharp language, but only then= .. The fault was definitely mine and had resulted in a couple of boards that had required a = number of cuts and patches to be useful, if the faults had not been pointed out by Tsvetan= .. For the curious ones of you: http://www.numberone.com/ http://www.olimex.com/pcb/ Have a relaxing weekend, regards, Per Linn=E9 Sweden {Stops whispering now}. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .