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    Posted: 08 Mar 2013 at 6:11am
I created an 8-pin header and changed the hole over lead and min. fab allowance values. I saved the decal in PADS. Then I saved the footprint in a library.
 
When I loaded it back from the library the values in the fab level I previously changed are restored to the default values. Shouldn't any of these values that are changed be saved in the FPX library?
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Mar 2013 at 8:09am
Custom padstacks are not stored in the FPX file.
 
In order to automate "Batch Create" to globally build a custom library we do not save the padstack data becasue it's auto-generated using your Preferences.
 
Right now the FPX file only saves component dimensions and for SMT the recommended mfr. footprint.
 
Maybe we need to rethink this issue and add custom through-hole padstacks to the FPX file.
 
Maybe we need to relocate this thread in the "Product Suggestions" forum.
 
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Thanks Tom. I added this to the product suggestions.
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Like SMD pad stacks, TH pad stacks are calculated.  The calculation is based on the lead size and the user preferences for TH terminals.  When you save a part, only the lead size is saved.  When the part is regenerated, the pad stack is calculated based on the hole size and the selected user preference for the TH terminal.  If you make changes to the fab level settings any part you output to a translator will have those changes but not to a part saved to a library.  The same is true of any SM part should you make setting changes on-the-fly (ie. not using the saved preferences).
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Hi Jeff,
 
As a user I was not aware that this occurred until when back in and generated the same footprint from my library and it was differnent then the one I generated previously. This is a very dangerous situation in that I assumed the footprints would be the same.
Is it possible to set a flag if any item that is not saved to the library is changed and if that footprint is saved to the library a warning message is issued ?
 
Thanks!
Lenny Alexman
 
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