PCB Libraries Forum : Component placement and courtyard https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:15:30 +0000 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:59:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=918 <![CDATA[PCB Libraries Forum]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_images/PCBLForumLogo.gif https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Component placement and courtyard : It&#039;s the courtyard centerline...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/component-placement-and-courtyard_topic918_post3383.html#3383 Author: Tom H
Subject: 918
Posted: 10 Apr 2013 at 6:59pm

It's the courtyard centerline (not the line edge).
 
You can bump courtyard lines so they overlap on top each other. Just don't overlap past the centerline.
 
]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:59:35 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/component-placement-and-courtyard_topic918_post3383.html#3383 <![CDATA[Component placement and courtyard : Is the minimum component spacing...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/component-placement-and-courtyard_topic918_post3382.html#3382 Author: dwaltoneng
Subject: 918
Posted: 10 Apr 2013 at 3:13pm

Is the minimum component spacing relative to the outside of courtyard line or the center? Is it ok for the courtyard lines to overlap, if the center of the lines does not overlap?
For example, a CAPC1608X90N has a courtyard width of 1.48mm to the line centers. Is it ok to place the parts side by side at 1.5mm centers? With a courtyard line width of 0.05mm, the line edges overlap slightly.

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