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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> 3644<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 17 May 2026 at 11:16pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc"><u>Version 26.05 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;">FP Designer:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Removed through-hole pin terminal leads in the viewer display</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When group moving pads on the component outline, the silkscreen wasn't trimming</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Options:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Terminals:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Inward L-Lead: updated the 'heel'&nbsp;solder joint goals to match the documentation</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Outward L-Lead: fine-tuned the Side solder joint goals</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">BGA updated the Courtyard Excess. The original settings were too robust.&nbsp;</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Thermal Pad:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Can't change the 'Minimum Pattern to Pad Edge Space'&nbsp;to 0.00</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Changed the paste mask maximum percentage from 99% to 100%</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Changing the pad shape for Pin 1 and selecting the 'Change all Pin 1 shape - Yes'&nbsp;did not work properly</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Calculators:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">CAPAE &amp; Crystal - update the dimensions to accommodate Min/Max to be the same value</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">SOT23 Form Factor - updated the dropdown and the official Footprint Naming Convention document</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">SOD - fixed an issue with SOD footprints not loading due to adding the non-polarized version&nbsp;</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Library Editor:&nbsp;</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Library Manager was showing the wrong row count in the task bar after adding a new blank row or rows</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Importing an fpx into another fpx file can sometimes throw an exception</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">CAD Tool Interfaces:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Pantheon - units in millimeters is not getting written to the output script file</li></ul></ul><div><br></div></div>]]>
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