Multiple Same Footprint Name

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I see your point. We'll have to consider this in the V2013 release coming out on February 1.  

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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: 19 Jan 2013 at 1:06pm
	I see your point. We'll have to consider this in the V2013 release coming out on February 1.



kwgilpin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 22 Sep 2012 Status: Offline Points: 58	Post Options Post Reply Quote kwgilpin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 2013 at 1:11pm
	Thanks Tom. I'm looking forward to it.

Dale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 04 Mar 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 3:30pm
	In Expedition's padstack generator the hole names and pad names are automatically generated based on their physical attributes. However in front of each name (in a list view) is a tick box which is labelled "Generate name from properties". If one deselects this box, the autogenerated name remains but then one is free to edit it in any way. I have found this mechanism to be very effective and would recommend considering it for your footprint names. I will also give my vote to a separate Suffix field which is always added to the end of any autogenerated name. Regardless of how good the autogenerated name is, there will always be times when a non-standard suffix makes sense.