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    Posted: 14 hours 31 minutes ago at 1:38am
many thanks Tom , for your great support and  help
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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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Great Tom
 hope to be added with same parameters like one found silkscreen
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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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Tom, 
can please check my last reply and let me know your thoughts about that? 
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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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We can't have both the chamfer and the dot. 

It will have to be one or the other because they will collide with each other in some cases. 
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like reference designator,  it found twice one in silkscreen , and other in assmebly layer
and user can control any of them, i hope this be like it 
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just you  add it as option in Assembly layer, with same parameters as one found in silkscreen layer, without removing chamfer
like an new feature  
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Do you like the Assembly Polarity Dot better than the Chamfer? 

Add an Option to switch between the Chamfer or the Dot? 

Add sizing controls like the Silkscreen Dot for diameter? 

Where would it go, in the corner of the Assembly Outline (whatever corner pin 1 is) or by Pin 1? 

How far into the assembly Outline and what about micro footprints? 

You see how complicated this gets?
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