# Techmannih - Pin 1 indicator appears twice when...

Channel: #contributor
Source: https://discord.com/channels/1233487248129921135/1481532488529608928
Started: 2026-03-12T06:01:11.836000+00:00
Last activity: 2026-06-27T17:40:24.519000+00:00

## techmannih — 2026-05-05T10:05:41.916000+00:00

<@757706909351411845> I’m noticing that we’re converting the fabrication layer into silkscreen and the courtyard layer into fabrication. This doesn’t seem correct to me. 
i think both are incorrect conversion in circuit-json-to-tscircuit?

## techmannih — 2026-05-05T10:05:59.830000+00:00

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## Seve — 2026-05-05T16:11:20.054000+00:00

Courtyard doesnt go to fabrication it has its own layer

## techmannih — 2026-05-05T16:12:43.169000+00:00

Yea same issue with the fabrication which also has its own layer.

## techmannih — 2026-05-05T18:43:18.075000+00:00

can you check these pr i have fixed the layer support

https://github.com/tscircuit/circuit-json-to-tscircuit/pull/28
https://github.com/tscircuit/circuit-json-to-tscircuit/pull/29
https://github.com/tscircuit/circuit-json-to-tscircuit/pull/30

## techmannih — 2026-05-05T22:25:04.187000+00:00

I am missing merge access for circuit-json-to-tscircuit. i can't merge these pr

## Seve — 2026-05-05T22:50:12.913000+00:00

kk

## Seve — 2026-05-05T22:50:14.366000+00:00

will fix

## techmannih — 2026-05-29T13:21:34.987000+00:00

<@757706909351411845> can you check it
https://github.com/tscircuit/kicad-to-circuit-json/pull/115

## Sapphire — 2026-05-29T15:20:19.848000+00:00

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## techmannih — 2026-06-25T16:22:22.842000+00:00

<@757706909351411845> can you check it
https://footprinter-jlcpcb-validator.vercel.app/

## Seve — 2026-06-25T17:32:32.177000+00:00

add a button to load an example

## Seve — 2026-06-25T17:32:59.606000+00:00

don't make me do work, i have like 0 time, i can review things but prepare stuff for me- i have like 5 minutes at a time i can't be searching for parts

## techmannih — 2026-06-25T17:58:16.901000+00:00

Sorry Done, I have added one example

## techmannih — 2026-06-25T17:58:23.161000+00:00

https://footprinter-jlcpcb-validator.vercel.app/

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:42:55.380000+00:00

this is pretty good <@1067854999889137715>

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:43:16.411000+00:00

this is very good

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:43:17.862000+00:00

nice work

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:43:22.085000+00:00

let's make this repo official

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:44:48.463000+00:00

https://github.com/tscircuit/fast-footprint-compare

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:44:53.298000+00:00

go ahead and PR there

## Seve — 2026-06-25T22:44:54.822000+00:00

nice work

## techmannih — 2026-06-26T04:18:09.111000+00:00

tyty!!

## techmannih — 2026-06-26T04:18:10.769000+00:00

<@757706909351411845> Can you check this PR, deploy it, and also allow previews for all branches? That would help us track errors more easily.
https://github.com/tscircuit/fast-footprint-compare/pull/1

## Seve — 2026-06-26T20:50:52.538000+00:00

yes!!

## Seve — 2026-06-26T20:52:06.644000+00:00

https://fast-footprint-compare.vercel.app/

## Seve — 2026-06-26T20:53:37.756000+00:00

<@1067854999889137715> can you make this service have an API (via vercel)? I wonder if you could make it so i could submit a POST request to get a score. This would allow us to "challenge" AI to find the best footprint! It could keep hitting the API to keep getting a score!

## Seve — 2026-06-26T20:53:47.939000+00:00

Then we can derive footprinter strings 😮

## techmannih — 2026-06-27T17:32:50.480000+00:00

Just to confirm, are you suggesting that the API should return a similarity score so an AI can keep refining the footprint until it reaches a 100% match? Then we could derive the corresponding footprinter strings from the final result.

## Seve — 2026-06-27T17:36:42.921000+00:00

Yes but just call it the copperIntersectionOverUnion rather than a similarity score

## Seve — 2026-06-27T17:37:41.505000+00:00

You could also create a cli tool + skill, because that would allow it to execute faster and might be easier to test and use

## Seve — 2026-06-27T17:38:20.675000+00:00

Our goal is to eventually be able to import footprints as footprinter strings by doing a fast conversion to footprinter string

## techmannih — 2026-06-27T17:40:24.519000+00:00

yes got it, sounds good