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Axial Footprints

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Forum Name: Footprints / Land Patterns
Forum Description: [General or a CAD specific issues / discussions]
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Printed Date: 12 Oct 2024 at 7:27pm


Topic: Axial Footprints
Posted By: BryanT
Subject: Axial Footprints
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2015 at 12:20pm
Tom,

I was using the calculator for an axial resistor footprint.  The datasheet only gives me the length of the leads prior to forming:




The calculator is looking for the Pitch.  How do I determine that?  Couldn't LE determine that based on the inputs?





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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2015 at 2:58pm

Use the "Utility Tools > Axial Lead Calculator"



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Posted By: BryanT
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2015 at 3:25pm
Ahhhh - great, thanks Tom!


Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 02 May 2018 at 9:20am
The Axial Lead calculation has just been updated in V2018.05 pre-release to match the updated IPC-J-STD-001. 

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