2012.16 Released!

• Footprint Expert GUI – Select Pins with “click drag window”
• PADS Layout – Removed “Thermal Pad” paste mask in padstack
• CADSTAR – Courtyard Layer
• OrCAD PCB/Allegro
• Polygons placed on the PLACE_BOUND_TOP will now properly be Shapes instead of Lines
• Height and Description attributes will output properly
• Mechanical Pins are now properly recognized
• Custom Layer Names will now properly generate a subclass
• V15.7 is now being handled properly
• Deleted Pins are now being filtered properly
• OrCAD PCB activation license code gives wrong result
• Renamed “OrCAD PCB Editor” to “OrCAD PCB”

New

• Pin Rename for SOT’s, SOD’s, SOFL’s, Chip, MELF’s & Molded diodes and LED’s, DFN’s and DPAK’s. Pins can be “Renamed” for example ‘E, B, C’ or ‘G, D, S’ or ‘A & C’ in an SOT23 by selecting a pin, “Right Mouse Button > Properties” and entering a new Alphabetical Character name.
• Added Expedition interface
• Added Eagle interface
• Updated “Build Current Footprint” Icon
• Add new folder IPC folder “PCB Libraries\FPX_2012\Libraries\IPC\BGA.fpx” with 970 BGA packages, per IPC request