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great, so pleas leave chamfer as default, and give user ability to change it with dot, and have parameter control like one in silkscreen,
it will be great if user have ability to choose chamfer or dot in assembly and control dot parameters  
and a i know , Tom you are a great support for user and try help all of us ,
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Tom, 
can please check my last reply and let me know your thoughts about that? 
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Your post has received over 4,600 impressions in the past week. 

We are currently working on adding a new feature for the Pin 1 Assembly Dot. 

It will have a min/max range so that it can scale per the package body width. 

It will be located in the corner where Pin 1 is. 

The current Assembly Polarity Chamfer will be the default setting to match the current output, but the user can change the chamfer to a dot. 

This new feature will take a couple days to code into the Options file and every user will have to update their Option file by opening and saving it. 

The next V25.10 pre-release should be available by Monday 9/15/25. 
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Great Tom
 hope to be added with same parameters like one found silkscreen
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The new Assembly Polarity Dot feature has been added to Footprint Expert V25.10 pre-release. 

Let us know if you like it. 

To set it up go to - 'Tools > Options > Drafting > Assembly' 

There are new controls for Min/Max dot sizes. Big footprint get big dots and micro-mini footprints get a small dot. 

But Chamfer Corner is the program default. 
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many thanks Tom , for your great support and  help
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Thanks Tom, for adding this as new feature
it so great and helpfull
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Thanks Tom
it is highly appreciated that a dot has been added in the assembly layer. However, I believe an additional parameter should be introduced, which becomes active only when the user selects the dot. This parameter would allow the user to align the dot’s location with that of a corresponding feature in one of the silkscreen layers
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just if this check added it will be greatful and have more impacts 
parameter name"align the dot’s location with as dot  the silkscreen layer"  will be active only when user select dot option in assembly , and will have 2 values checked or not
if check so location should be same , if not checked location like default 

 
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I’m talking about new one just added polarity do in assembly (Options) , my request to make it more supportive as explained in our meeting before, give user option to choose location of it be to same one as in silkscreen , (checked or not checked), this all
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