Thanks for the reply Erik,
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The footprint is currently assigned to every group, and yes, the location of each member of the group is totally arbitrary.? The main center pad(1) is the active pad with the signal, the external pads(2) are grounded to zones either side of the signal trace.
I'm semi familiar with awk from my old linux days, but currently I'm using KiCad on a windows computer.
I also now use Google Sheets (rather than Excel), so I guess I could write a script to pull the values out and give them their own component line although it would be a fair bit of mucking around, especially if I want to make this foolproof!? Ultimately I'd like to put this project in the public domain so I'd like to avoid anything that could be too hard for the average project builder.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "small layer cake" ... are you suggesting soldering components on top of each other rather than using the PCB pads?
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I was hoping for a bit of a simple work around to achieve this.
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cheers
Luke
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Luke Vogel