Footprint Expert 2022.03 Released!!

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   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’

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Nick B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1904	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nick B Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Footprint Expert 2022.03 Released!! 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’
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