https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:23:58 +0000 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:20:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3362 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_images/PCBLForumLogo.gif https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/footprint-expert-24-05-released_topic3362_post13437.html#13437 Author: Nick B
Subject: 3362
Posted: 02 Mar 2024 at 8:20pm

Version 24.05 was just released!!

Fixes & Enhancements:

• CAD Tool Interfaces:
• Altium – The solder mask expansion rules were updated to overwrite Altium preferences
• This is a check box on/off toggle in the Altium translator
• Altium – Pads rotated at 45 degrees were not translating correctly
• 3D STEP:
• Updated the Material Condition labels to Minimum, Nominal and Maximum
• Exception thrown when 3D is selected as the CAD translator and then selected again
• Changes to STEP 3D color options for Header’s pin 1 not getting saved
• Calculators:
• DFN pin 1 dot spacing too large when outline is not drawn
• SOFL component family:
• Pin 1 Dot placement when pins are reordered
• Added Transformer component family
• Keepout – the X placement coordinate resets to Zero when 'New' is selected
• FP Designer:
• Pin Placement Wizard can exceed design limits and crash
• CSV pin placement crashes when importing a file that is open in another program
• Creating Bottom SMD pad stacks was missing the Bottom Paste Mask layer
• Library Editor:
• Update BOM from Library throws an exception after update, when closing the dialog box
• Library Batch build now works for mixed PADS-to-CAD and FPE calculator parts
• Removed column "Footprint Date" seconds display
• Options:
• Drafting – relocated "Add Value to Footprint" from Assembly to Silkscreen
• Console – New Console/File option for 'Import-From' folder

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