Import part with non-standard pads (Altium)
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Topic: Import part with non-standard pads (Altium)
Posted By: toshas
Subject: Import part with non-standard pads (Altium)
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2019 at 4:08am
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Hi! I have some troubles during import EBYTE E73-2G4M04S1B in Altium. Picture is attached. Rectangular pads are ok, solder mask expansion is determined by rules. Non-standard pads (15,16) has solder mask dimensions exactly same as copper pad (it is imported in Altium as solid copper region). So manual edition of several pads is needed. Is any workaround for this issue ? Thanks!  |
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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2019 at 3:29pm
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In the Library Expert Altium Translator UI, turn on the check box for "Use Mask Expansion Rules". Also, in FP Designer you can edit the pad stacks in the Library Manager and swell the solder mask any size you want and save to FPX. ------------- Stay connected - follow us! https://twitter.com/PCBLibraries" rel="nofollow - X - http://www.linkedin.com/company/pcb-libraries-inc-/" rel="nofollow - LinkedIn |
Posted By: toshas
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2019 at 5:32am
Hi! Picture above was done with enabled check box for "Use Mask Expansion Rules". Then I edited pad stack in the Library Manager so solder mask will always have 1mils expansion. After export it works (regardless of "Use Mask" check box status) as expected. Thanks!  |
Tom H wrote: