Hi Robert,
thanks for your answer.
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>I've tried not to give away too much of the design, but I hope that
>doesn't render my description too vague to be useless.
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No, I get what you mean, don't worry.
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>Yes, you can use the array tools to get yourself the
>pads in the right place (deleting any unwanted pads from a created array
>may be quicker than trying to be clever), but it's still a couple of
>hours work.
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That's exactly what I did: I created three arrays of 360 vias each on three circumferences of different diameters. Then I deleted the vias that didn't interest me and moved those to the wrong places.
It took several hours...
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>Doing a one-off the most sensible option is to roll up your sleeves and
>get on with it!
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It depends on how many times it will happen to do similar jobs. Since led lighting is spreading more and more, probably thinking about some script for KiCad could be a good idea.
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>So what you would need to
>do is create the basic pattern for one segment using the array tool as
>many times as you need, and then select every pad in the segment and use
>the array tool to create the entire circle.
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I think I will try to develop this idea as soon as I have some time. I think I understand what you mean, I'll have to try to make vias and leds coexist.
Thanks for you suggestion!
Regards.
Alessandro
