BGA Pin Numbers

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Hello, 
I try to output some BGA footprints to PADS. 
Unfortunatelly I do not know how to get the Alphanumeric Pins out. 
FXP shows all Pins correctly (A1,A2...) but in PADS I have numeric Pins numbered 1,2.... 
What am I doing wrong?

Best regards,
Erwin

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layouter88 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 12 Jul 2012 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 79	Post Options Post Reply Quote layouter88 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: BGA Pin Numbers Posted: 28 Oct 2012 at 6:44am
	Hello, I try to output some BGA footprints to PADS. Unfortunatelly I do not know how to get the Alphanumeric Pins out. FXP shows all Pins correctly (A1,A2...) but in PADS I have numeric Pins numbered 1,2.... What am I doing wrong? Best regards, Erwin



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: 28 Oct 2012 at 8:26am
	The PCB Footprint Expert default is to put all Alphanumeric pins for BGA, LGA, CGA, PGA, Diodes and LED's in the Part Type "Pin Mapping" tab. If you want the Alpha-numeric pin assignments to go into the Decal instead of the Part Type, in the PADS export menu uncheck "Map Alphanumeric Pins" -

layouter88 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 12 Jul 2012 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 79	Post Options Post Reply Quote layouter88 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 2012 at 9:32am
	Hello Tom, thank you for your quick answer. I thought I already tried that way and was not successfull, but that was my mistake. With unchecked "Map Alphanumeric Pins" it does exatly the right thing. Thank you very much. Best regards Erwin

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: 28 Oct 2012 at 9:37am
	For 20 years PADS Layout put the Mapping of Alphanumeric pin assignments in the Part-Type. It wasn't until V2007 that PADS added Alphanumeric pin assignments in the Decal to replace the "Mapping". So the default to support legacy (pre-V2007) is Alphanumeric pin assignments in the Part Type. i.e.: The Alphanumeric pin assignments are always there for your netlist, it's just a matter of where they are.