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    Posted: 30 Apr 2024 at 9:10am
Version 24.07 was just released!!

Fixes & Enhancements:
  • Library Editor:
    • Library search with null manufacturer. 
  • CAD Tool Interfaces:
    • Xpedition and PADS Pro – fixed the thermal pad paste mask checker board pattern. 
  • Options:
    • Terminals > DPAK – updated Most Density Courtyard from 0.50 to 0.40.
    • Updated the default silkscreen Line Widths and Clearances to: Least = 0.12, Nominal = 0.15 and Most = 0.20.
    • Added information message to alert to Calculator user option file "may not be in V24 compatible format".
      • To fix, users must resave their personal options form the V24 program.
  • Tools:
    • Grid Array Calculator – not syncing to Options.
  • FP Designer:
    • Cancelling Designer Import Pins gives erroneous message.
    • Moving calculator footprints to FP Designer loses the Assembly Polarity Marker.
      • Moving footprints to FP Designer will now make the 3D STEP model polarity the same as the Assembly.
    • Non-plated through-hole pad stacks were creating 2 Bottom Solder Masks and no Top Mask.
    • When moving 2-pin polarized footprints from the calculator to FP Designer the assembly polarity changed shape.
  • Calculators:
    • Oscillator, Side Concave – added an 8-pin version.
    • PLCC – added a warning message that the D2 dimension cannot exceed the D1 dimension.
    • SOT23 pad trimming for 3 and 4 pin versions needs to use 2 x pitch for pad spacing.
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