One way of changing footprint to align with JLC PCB Part

[JacobW]

This video show one way of changing footprint so they align with component you have selected when ordering from JLC PCB.

How to align Footprints with JLC PCB BOM and POS file!

Not perfect but it works.

I wish there where a more intelligent way.

[hildogjr]

I use a script to fix the rotation: https://github.com/hildogjr/kicad_jlcpcba/

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Understanding the footprint position file--reworked by JLCPCB

I absolutely apreciate those standards. Sad to say, that in real life moste people either dont care about them, or dont know they exist. So its the normal daywok of every ems company to correct those XY placement data files for every job (at least you have to correct it once per customer and footprint, and your software will recognize it the next time the same customer orders). So In my opinion, this is no JLC problem, its a general problem, but maybe its often the first time for kicad users to…

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