Expediton Pad Stack is MM and is Made in MIL

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   Hi,  
When I input dimensions into the Library Expert Pro they are in millimeters.  
The naming conventions of the part and pad stacks are all in millimeters.   
However, when I open the pad stack or individual pads, they are actually created in TH (or MILS).  
This is incorrect, they should be created in MM.  
FYI, this is all in Mentor Graphics Expedition Cell Editor / Pad Stack Editor 

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josanche Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 08 Aug 2013 Location: ATX Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote josanche Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Expediton Pad Stack is MM and is Made in MIL Posted: 05 Mar 2015 at 8:47am
	Hi, When I input dimensions into the Library Expert Pro they are in millimeters. The naming conventions of the part and pad stacks are all in millimeters. However, when I open the pad stack or individual pads, they are actually created in TH (or MILS). This is incorrect, they should be created in MM. FYI, this is all in Mentor Graphics Expedition Cell Editor / Pad Stack Editor



chrisa_pcb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 29 Jul 2012 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 772	Post Options Post Reply Quote chrisa_pcb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Mar 2015 at 10:35am
	The part is created with mm values. You must manually set the th to mm to see them. This is a shortcoming of the DLL's used to interface to Expedition. For some reason they don't allow me to change the visibility of the units. They always show as the mil values of the millimeter dimensions until you manually set them to mm. I simply don't have control over that units drop down at the current time due to the DLL's.