Thank you for the great info.
I dug up a document titled “Parts Bible” that goes through the items in the xml and I now understand the tasks at hand.
Perhaps the only thing that wasn’t clear is regarding the ‘moduleID’ and where it comes from. The explanation above helps and may look into the Python script.
I have QT5.11 loaded - use it for “C” and Android programming. Not sure if I want to bother compiling Fritzing but, it’s food for thought.
The Part you made is good - I compared it to mine and loaded the gerber into CopperCam (scrnshot attached). Thank you!!
So, I’ll spend some time making a part from scratch and will, no doubt, be back with a need for more help… FYI - though I 99% of the time I change the pads to Oval shape (in CC) because I like big pads and CNC machining can eat too much copper away from the pad (depending on several things), I wil, hopefully be able to accomplish oval pads on the parts I create but, that’s the least of my challenges in making a part.
[UPDATE] I think your schematic isn’t correct for most encoders - The center pin should be common with the switch pin. Pins A & B are the encoder signal pins.
Thanks again for the valuable help and sticking with me on this 
