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    Posted: 01 Jun 2016 at 1:22am
I'm surprised this hasn't come up before but it would be good to have Surface Mount Headers added to the Surface Mount section of Library Expert Lite.
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99% of Surface Mount connectors come with mfr. recommended pad sizes and spacing.

That's why we created FP Designer and it's only available in Library Expert Pro.

Please send us a datasheet of a Surface Mount connector with enough component dimensions to auto-calculate an IPC-7351 land pattern and we'll definitely take a look at it.

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Thanks for the response. I appreciate that there are recommended footprints, but a system to place pads by pitch and separation (in dual row headers) with assembly outlines automatically would be well received I feel. I appreciate the work that goes into the program though and it is already an invaluable tool.
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There are very good feature controls to automatically place SMT pads by row and pitch using numeric or alpha-numeric pin names. I highly recommend that you watch a couple videos here - http://www.pcblibraries.com/forum/product-demo-training_forum35.html

Also, there is a new V2016.09 pre-release available here - www.pcblibraries.com/downloads that allows you to create footprints in the Calculator and move them to FP Designer to access more complex features.

Let us know if you like this new feature.

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