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Adom Footprint
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KiCad footprint creator with layer HUD viewer and delivery to KiCad/Fusion 360
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InstaPCB paste dots are off by default (opt-in preview); accurate default-state board + all 5 layers
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README.md+6−4@@ -8,19 +8,21 @@ adom-footprint renders a `.kicad_mod` through the shared `service-kicad` (no loc  -A draggable, collapsible floating panel toggles each layer independently — **Copper**, **Assembly (F.Fab)**, **Courtyard**, **Paste apertures**, and the **InstaPCB paste dots**. Each row carries a live count (pads, openings, dots), so you can isolate exactly the layer you want to inspect. The HUD remembers its position and which layers are on.+A draggable, collapsible floating panel toggles each layer independently — **Copper**, **Assembly (F.Fab)**, **Courtyard**, **Paste apertures**, and the **InstaPCB paste dots**. The standard fab layers are on by default; the **InstaPCB paste-dots overlay is off by default** — it's an opt-in preview you flip on when you want it, so it never obscures the copper. Each row carries a live count (pads, openings, dots), and the HUD remembers its position and which layers you left on. ## The board -+ -The rendered footprint on the dark canvas: red copper pads with the central thermal pad, the yellow courtyard corners, the pin-1 marker, and the green InstaPCB paste dots sitting on every pad. Everything is cropped tight to the part — no KiCad page frame, no worksheet title block — so the footprint fills the view.+The rendered footprint on the dark canvas, in its **default state**: red copper pads with the central thermal pad, the yellow courtyard corners, and the pin-1 marker. Everything is cropped tight to the part — no KiCad page frame, no worksheet title block — so the footprint fills the view. (The InstaPCB paste dots are off here by default — see below.) ## The signature feature: InstaPCB paste dots  -Those green dots are the **actual 300 µm solder-paste dispensing positions**, computed by Adom and overlaid on the copper. Adom's InstaPCB line **jets paste dot-by-dot instead of using a stencil**, so a footprint in the Adom ecosystem carries *where the paste will land* — the positions travel with the footprint, pad to pad. That's a first in PCB CAD: you're previewing the dispense program, not just a stencil aperture.+Flip the **InstaPCB paste dots** layer on (it's off by default) and every pad fills with green dots — the **actual 300 µm solder-paste dispensing positions**, computed by Adom and overlaid on the copper. Adom's InstaPCB line **jets paste dot-by-dot instead of using a stencil**, so a footprint in the Adom ecosystem carries *where the paste will land* — the positions travel with the footprint, pad to pad. That's a first in PCB CAD: you're previewing the dispense program, not just a stencil aperture.++ ## Send to
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