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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> 2871<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 15 Apr 2021 at 8:25am<br /><br /><p style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><font color="#0066cc"><u>Version 2021.02 was just released</u></font></a>!!</p><p style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"><img src="https://www.pcblibraries.com/Forum/uploads/1/PCBLDVDDownloadNow2021.png" height="275" width="204" border="0" /></p><div></div><div dir="ltr"><b><u>NEW or Enhanced Features:</u></b></div><div dir="ltr"><ul dir="ltr"><li>New Options &gt; Drafting &gt; Courtyard feature to Exclude Body and Pad Excess and ignore pads.</li><li>Drafting Shapes – Changed the default orientation for the Diode symbol to Cathode on the Left.</li><li>Updated the IPC-7351C Option file. Removed all negative solder joint goals and manufacturing tolerances.</li><li>Aluminum Capacitor component family – Footprint Name updated. The Lead Span was removed from old 2018 CAPAE name.</li><li>Capacitor Polarized, Axial Lead component family – Footprint Name updated. The V2018 axial body physical dimension wrong.</li><li>Fuse, Radial Lead component family – Footprint Name updated. The old name the letter O added to denote offset leads on radial parts.</li><li>LED, Radial Disk component family – Footprint Name updated. The old name was using the terminal thickness instead of the width.</li></ul></div><u><div><br><strong>Updates &amp; Bugs Fixed:</strong></div></u><ul dir="ltr"><li><div>Options &gt; Pad Stack Rules &gt; Diode Pin Names – fixed an issue for Numeric pin names.</div></li><li><div>Fixed an FP Designer Courtyard issue when translating older FPX files to V2021 format.</div></li><li><div>Fixed an FP Designer issue for Round footprints the diameter was coming in at 0.00 when translating old FPX files to V2021 format.</div></li><li><div>Drafting Symbols – when changing the line width value, then selecting “Apply or Done” the original 0.12 value came back.</div></li><li><div>Courtyard Excess – when changing the courtyard excess to 0.00 the courtyard hugs the pads and body, except Chip Components.Axial Lead component family – Correction made to Footprint Name.</div></li><li><div>BGA component family – Correction made to Footprint Name. V2021 was not pulling the body style from the FPX file plus 2021 BGA pins in D &amp; E axis were swapped.</div></li><li><div>Molded Body component family – Correction made to Footprint Name. V2021 footprint name was missing optional L1 dimension.</div></li><li><div>Header, Right Angle component family – Correction made to Footprint Name. V2021 right-angle-header height was missing.</div></li><li><div>Header, Vertical component family – Correction made to Footprint Name.&nbsp; R and S added to name prefix to denote receptacle or shrouded; height missing in vertical configuration; H replaced X before height.</div></li><li><div>2-pin Side Concave component family – Correction made to Footprint Name. V2021 doesn’t need pin count for 2 pin parts;&nbsp; pitch removed as a factor in the side-concave name.</div></li><li><div>QFN Component Family – Correction made to Footprint Name.&nbsp; Thermal Tab missing from pin quantity in parts with removed or hidden pins.</div></li><li><div>TO, Flange Mount component family – Correction made to Footprint Name. Replaced H with X before height.</div></li><li><div>SOIC component family – Correction made to Footprint Name, Physical Description and 3D STEP model.</div></li><li><div>Footprint Warning text redundancy fixed.</div></li></ul><div></div>]]>
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