Index: trunk/src/obj_pstk.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/obj_pstk.h	(revision 13988)
+++ trunk/src/obj_pstk.h	(revision 13989)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #ifndef PCB_OBJ_PSTK_STRUCT_DECLARED
 #define PCB_OBJ_PSTK_STRUCT_DECLARED
 
+#include <genvector/vtp0.h>
 #include "obj_common.h"
 
 /* The actual padstack is just a reference to a padstack proto within the same data */
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@
 pcb_cardinal_t pcb_pstk_conv_selection(pcb_board_t *pcb, int quiet, pcb_coord_t ox, pcb_coord_t oy);
 pcb_cardinal_t pcb_pstk_conv_buffer(int quiet);
 
+/* Low level converter: take an array of (pcb_any_obj_t *) objs and convert
+   them into shapes of the dst proto. Does not remove input objects. */
+int pcb_pstk_proto_conv(pcb_data_t *data, pcb_pstk_proto_t *dst, int quiet, vtp0_t *objs, pcb_coord_t ox, pcb_coord_t oy);
+
+
 /* free fields of a proto (not freeing the proto itself, not removing it from lists */
 void pcb_pstk_proto_free_fields(pcb_pstk_proto_t *dst);
 
Index: trunk/src/obj_pstk_proto.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/obj_pstk_proto.c	(revision 13988)
+++ trunk/src/obj_pstk_proto.c	(revision 13989)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	ts->shape[idx].comb = comb;
 }
 
-static int pcb_pstk_proto_conv(pcb_data_t *data, pcb_pstk_proto_t *dst, int quiet, vtp0_t *objs, pcb_coord_t ox, pcb_coord_t oy)
+int pcb_pstk_proto_conv(pcb_data_t *data, pcb_pstk_proto_t *dst, int quiet, vtp0_t *objs, pcb_coord_t ox, pcb_coord_t oy)
 {
 	int ret = -1, n, m, i;
 	pcb_any_obj_t **o;