PCB Libraries Forum : Footprint Expert 2022.03 Released!!

Footprint Expert 2022.03 Released!! : 2022.03 was just released!!Updates...

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:13:11 +0000

Author: Nick B
Subject: 3073
Posted: 28 Feb 2022 at 5:13pm

2022.03 was just released!!

Updates & Bugs Fixed:

Added ability to measure between objects
FP Designer:

Reordering pins in the Calculator disables pins when moving to FP Designer
Grid space and show settings are now saving to registry
Added a "Save and Close" button to the Pad Stack Manager
When manually placing pads on a grid, added the ESC key to exit the add pin process

Options:

Changed UI text Pad Stack Rules to SMD Pad Stack Rules

Library Editor:

Deleting columns in a FPX file threw a Handled Exception Error when adding new parts

CAD Interfaces:

Altium:

The IPC Density Level Suffix was not added to the end of the Footprint Name

Allegro/OrCAD PCB:

The Save My Settings feature wouldn’t work for Place 3D STEP Models via Script

3D STEP:

Fixed an Exception thrown for molded body TH and certain other parts due to step color error
LED’s – Chip, Molded Body, Side Concave: changing the LED color changed the pin 2 color

Calculators:

SOP, QFP, Side Concave, SON, SOJ:

The automatic Pin 1 Dot Size was not adhering to the rule setup for all the other component families

SOT-23:

Changing the pin names to Alpha characters were not saving to FPX

Chip:

LED did not have Alphanumeric pin names

Grid Array Packages – BGA, PGA, LGA, CGA

The silkscreen outline was hatched and changed to full outline

Added:

Ability to open a user option file (.opt) based on a command line entry. How to use:

Right-click on the 'Footprint Expert' shortcut and select 'Properties'
In the 'Target' option, after the Footprint Expert path (ending with ".exe"), add a space and one of the following
If the file is located in the program directory, enter a quote (") followed by the name of the option file, quote (") or
Quote (") followed by the full path to the desired option file, quote (")

Similarly, a library file can be automatically loaded use the same approach:

In the 'Target' option, after the Footprint Expert path (ending with ".exe"), add a space and one of the following
If the file is located in the program directory / Libraries directory, enter a quote (") followed by the name of the library file, quote (") or
Quote (") followed by the full path to the desired library file, quote (")

Both can be used as long as separated by a 'space’