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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> 3665<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 08 Aug 2026 at 12:34pm<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc"><u>Version 26.08 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;">Library Editor:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When having 2 sessions of Footprint Expert running</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Copying an FPX file row from one session to another session overwrites an existing row</li></ul></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">FP Designer:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When switching between Assembly Polarity Marking in the Drafting Options, the 'None' option wasn't working</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Updated the Pad Stack Manager for Thermal Pad Paste Mask&nbsp;</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Not showing the true coverage %</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Not turning on the 'Update Pad Stack' button when a value was changed</li></ul></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Calculators:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Molded Body - The 'D1' dimension was removed and is now calculated to be 0.40 mm less than 'D'</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This now allows the terminal lead to be flat against the package body</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When the Mirror feature is used, a warning symbol will appear in the upper left corner of the viewer</li><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Molded Body Thyristor not opening in viewer because the polarity was non-polarized and should have been polarized</li></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Options:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Drafting &gt; Courtyard - added a new option to map the courtyard outline to the Nominal Body</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Note: the default setting is Map Courtyard to Maximum Body</li></ul></ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">CAD Tool Interfaces:</li><ul><li ="ms&#111;normal"="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">KiCad - Added rounded corners for thermal tab paste and solder mask pattern shapes</li></ul></ul><div><br></div></div>]]>
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