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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 11:42:20 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   every time I need to design a PCB I'm like "this'll be quick and easy, I won't need to design any footprints or symbols at all!"

   and then an hour later I'm staring into the Kicad footprint editor and crying

   • abrasive (abrasive@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 11:49:24 JST abrasive

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     @foone I swear footprints take up 90% of my energy during any design and I hate it
     although to be fair parts selection/ordering is the other 70% that I hate

   • abrasive (abrasive@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 11:51:16 JST abrasive

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     @foone why does nobody seem to have a wee parametric solver CAD that lets you say "this edge of this pad is so-and-so mm from that edge of that hole" so that you can directly input datasheet drawings rather than having to faff around with a calculator and make mistakes?

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 12:28:17 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     I ran DRC for the first time and hit zero errors.

     suspicious...