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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> 3624<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 09 Mar 2026 at 11:08am<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc"><u>Version 26.03 was just released</u></font></a>!!<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"><img src="https://www.pcblibraries.com/Forum/uploads/1/PCBLDVDDownloadNow26.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;">3D STEP:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Update Polarized Chip Capacitor</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">KiCad - terminal outlines are not registering correctly on the pads</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">FP Designer:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Adding a Paste Mask Layer to a through-hole pad stack for Pin-in-Paste added it twice in the Pad Stack Manager</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">BGA automatic alphanumeric pin numbers start repeating at 'BA' after 'BY'</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When <i>Drafting &gt; Silkscreen &gt; Allow Expanded Outline</i> was turned off, the <i>Save to FPX</i> would not turn on</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Remove the word <b><i>Flat</i></b> from the SON and PSON in Specifications &gt; Description Category list</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Library Editor:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Right Mouse &gt; Add New Rows &gt; 2. If you change the number of rows from 2 to 1 the program added 2&nbsp;</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Utilities &gt; Find Duplicate Part Numbers was displaying one less found item than reality</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Remove the word <b><i>Flat</i></b> from the SON and PSON Physical Description in the FPX file&nbsp;</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Options:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Pad stack name was adding redundant Mask pads shape identifier (C, R, etc.) if it is the same as the top pad shape</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">SMD Pad Stack Rules &gt; Thermal Tabs</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Added Thermal Tab Minimum Pattern to Pad Edge</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Added ability to corner radius thermal pad paste mask apertures</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The SOIC/SOP component family zero orientation was not communicating to the Calculator</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Components &gt; Surface Mount &gt; DPAK &gt; Thermal Tab Paste Mask Shape &gt; 'Pattern' is the new default</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Calculators:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Added reconciliation for 2 pin parts with dissimilar terminal sizes and tolerances (keeps calculation the same when pin locations are reversed)</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Surface Mount &gt; DPAK &gt; Paste Mask – 'Simple' now follows the Paste Mask Reduction % set in Options</li></ul></ul><div><br></div></div>]]>
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