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Add Cherry MX kbd switch fp #2418

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See #2416 and #2394

This PR Adds Cherry MX keyboard switch footprints, replacing some existing ones.

@perigoso perigoso changed the title Added Cherry MX kbd switch fp, replaced existing Add Cherry MX kbd switch fp Aug 25, 2020
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So I had _NoSilk variants of footprints, because some people, including me, don't include silkscreen on the switch footprints for aesthetic reasons, but i was unaware that it was possible to hide it in bulk in pcbnew, so after some digging around and trying things out i came to this:

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This is a good versatile solution, and i feel the _NoSilk variants don't make sense given this option, maybe it might not be immediately clear to people but still, any input?

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perigoso commented Sep 4, 2020

Generated footprints with kicad-footprint-generator.

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Re-generated footprints with kicad-footprint-generator after fixups.

Signed-off-by: perigoso <silvagracarafael@gmail.com>
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