Padstack Manager

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Tom or anyone,

When I tried to create a rectangular padstack in padstack designer I could only get square. 

Every time I click on the rectangle it ould pop up square. 

Any help?  

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rdl86626 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 20 Jul 2012 Location: Hollister, CA Status: Offline Points: 83	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdl86626 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Padstack Manager Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 11:39am
	Tom or anyone, When I tried to create a rectangular padstack in padstack designer I could only get square. Every time I click on the rectangle it ould pop up square. Any help?



Jeff.M Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 May 2012 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 477	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jeff.M Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 12:03pm
	Actually, the pad stack designer, though functional doesn't currently contribute to any footprint generator process and really should be turned off. It was used primarily a tool for developing the pad stack software. However, since you asked...notice the Height & Width controls below the Shape selection pull down menu. If you change width to be longer than height or height to be less than width you'll get the rectangle shape.

rdl86626 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 20 Jul 2012 Location: Hollister, CA Status: Offline Points: 83	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdl86626 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 1:05pm
	So you can not edit a padstack in this tool, only in the board software?

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5716	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Sep 2012 at 1:31pm
	That's correct for V2012. We will add many new interactive advanced features in the V2013 release.

Maarten Verhage Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 27 Jul 2012 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 27	Post Options Post Reply Quote Maarten Verhage Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 1:38am
	I hope you could complete the padstack manager so it will generate a perfect solder paste layer. All with rounded corners, percentage reductions etcetera. Then I can ask the assembly facility that no adjustments have to be made to that layer. Success to the software developers! Best regards, Maarten

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5716	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2012 at 6:50am
	Adding a Paste Mask reduction by percentage is high on our list on new features for V2012. But our first goal is to complete the standard Through-hole component families. I believe the answer to the first question in this thread has been answered - Yes PCB Footprint Expert for Rounded Rectangle pad shape now works in Allegro.