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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1">Nick B</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3553<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 05 Oct 2025 at 6:24pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc"><u>Version 25.10 was just released</u></font></a>!!<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"><img src="https://www.pcblibraries.com/Forum/uploads/1/PCBLDVDDownloadNow25.png" height="275" width="204" border="0" /></p><div><p ="ms&#111;normal"=""><b><u>Fixes &amp; Enhancements:</u></b></p><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Calculators:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">New - Added Through-hole 'Minimum Pad to Pad Clearance' option and violation warning</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Synchronized the local 'SMD Pad Stack Rules' roundoff values to match the master Option Design roundoff settings&nbsp;</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">TO220 Vertical - Pin renaming restored and the ability to assign alphanumeric pin names</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Library Editor:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Find/Replace Feature: fixed an issue with searching and replacing text strings with spaces</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Drafting Symbols:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Fixed an issue with editing existing polarity symbol line widths</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Options:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Design Pad Size and Pad Place round offs added to Calculator Rules</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Drafting &gt; Assembly -&nbsp;added a new option for pin 1 Polarity Dot</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The default Assembly Polarity marker is chamfer</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Edit your master Option file to use this new feature</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">There are min/max settings to automate scaling the dot diameter for small and large packages</li></ul></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">FP Designer:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Set the Silkscreen and Assembly Ref Des label orientation to be Right Reading regardless of the footprint rotation</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Selection for pins, shapes, lines, and ref des labels is simplified so the View Properties context menu doesn't need to be closed and reopened every time a new selection is made</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Corrected pad stack names for PTH Thermal Relief and unique pad stacks</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">CAD Tool Interfaces:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Xpedition:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Added the new default text font 'vf_std' while keeping the original text font 'VeriBest Gerber 0' as an option</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Write line for translator syntax changed from 'PASTE_MASK' to 'SOLDER_PASTE'</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Cadence - improved translations for PLACE_BOUND_TOP &amp; DISPLAY_TOP</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">3D STEP Models:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">DFNs - Polarity color removed in Options. There are no 3D STEP model polarity marking for DFNs</li></ul></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">User Guide:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Updated with the latest features</li></ul></ul></div>]]>
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