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Error Creating Mechanical Pins with 17.2

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Topic: Error Creating Mechanical Pins with 17.2
Posted By: mhorne
Subject: Error Creating Mechanical Pins with 17.2
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2018 at 7:36am
There seems to be a problem creating mechanical pins using LibExpert with OrCAD 17.2.  When a non-plated pad is created where the hole is the same size as the pad (i.e., no pad), OrCAD gives a warning that the pad will be drilled through.  Normally, there is a dialog box to save the pad anyway with the warning.  When LibExpert runs the script, this dialog box does not appear and the pad is not created.
 
Has anyone else seen this issue?
 
This used to work correctly with OrCAD 16.6.


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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 10:00am
Please read the User Guide to properly set up your OrCAD PCB preferences. 

http://www.pcblibraries.com/products/fpx/userguide/default.asp?ch=205 " rel="nofollow - http://www.pcblibraries.com/products/fpx/userguide/default.asp?ch=205 

In particular, focus on making sure the drill warnings are suppressed per section 2, and that the Padpath and PsmPath are correct per section 1.



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Posted By: mhorne
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 12:13pm
Tom, thanks for pointing that out. Suppressing the drill warnings corrected the issue.


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