https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:24:20 +0000 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:41:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1764 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_images/PCBLForumLogo.gif https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/simple-component-outlines_topic1764_post7217.html#7217 Author: jameshead
Subject: 1764
Posted: 22 Sep 2015 at 4:41am

I meant 3D outline - not assembly, sorry.  Include the terminals in the 3D model outline.
]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:41:16 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/simple-component-outlines_topic1764_post7217.html#7217 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/simple-component-outlines_topic1764_post7216.html#7216 Author: jameshead
Subject: 1764
Posted: 22 Sep 2015 at 4:40am

I'd output the Assembly outline from PCB libaries with the terminals turned on, check that the body outline is okay, and that the terminals fit on the pads okay, then remove the terminal outlines from the footprint in CADSTAR.
]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:40:22 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/simple-component-outlines_topic1764_post7216.html#7216 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/simple-component-outlines_topic1764_post7215.html#7215 Author: Matthew Lamkin
Subject: 1764
Posted: 22 Sep 2015 at 3:57am

When someone picks an existing footprint from a library to use for a part, one of the ways of checking that the right one is chosen is to simply make sure that the component fits on the footprint.

To do this I draw the component as a simple box for the body & simple boxes for the legs, all thin line width & on a single layer. I can then group these and place them on a footprint to see if it fits.

I am wondering if anyone can think of any way of getting simple 2D line drawings of common components so that I can import them into CADSTAR to save me drawing them all????
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