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Read the User Guide in the main installation folder under "Documents". 

  • Charter 1 Footprint Expert Console Options
  • Charter 2 Footprint Expert Calculator Options - Pad Stack Rules
  • Charter 3 Footprint Expert Calculator Options – Drafting
  • Charter 4 Footprint Expert Calculator Options – Fiducials
  • Charter 5 Footprint Expert Toolbar Icons and Menu Options
You cannot edit the program Master Options. You need to create your personal option files (as many as you want). 

Select File > Save As > Your Master Options .opt

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Hi Tom,

Please excuse me if you've answered this a thousand times but I'm looking to find which standard defined the "Least" and "Most" limits for each footprint. I can see IPC-SM-782 defines the nominal and references equations in a section 3.3? I am happy to purchase the standard but wanted to ensure it contained the correct information before I purchase.

Do the IPC standards only provide the nominal and one has to calculate the limits?

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IPC-7351B contains the 3-Tier Density Levels for Land Patterns. 

However, that document is 12 years old and out of date and it took information from the 1987 IPC-SM-782 which is obsolete.

The solder Joint values are way too robust for today's technology. 

Footprint Expert solder joint goals are derived from IPC J-STD-001 standard as it's the main standard that all other standards are built upon. 

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