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Pad Stack With Notch

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Topic: Pad Stack With Notch
Posted By: rdl86626
Subject: Pad Stack With Notch
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2014 at 8:29am
Hi,
  
Is it possible to create a part (say a surface mount cap) with one pad having a notch cut out at one corner?


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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2014 at 8:53am

Absolutely! Use the Footprint Designer module to define your custom padstack.




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Posted By: Nick B
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2014 at 3:13pm

You can view how to create/define custom padstacks in most of the videos found here:

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Posted By: Nick B
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2014 at 8:51pm

In the Pad Stack Designer Select –

  1. Surface Mount
  2. Pad Shape Rectangle
  3. Enter your pad size length and width
  4. Corner Style “BOTH” (so that you can also create radius corners on the remaining 3 corners)
  5. Chamfer Size
  6. Chamfer Location

As far as creating a "Notch" like an "L" shaped pad, FP Designer can not do that yet.

 



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