Footprint Expert 24.05 Released!!

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   Version 24.05 was just released!!
Fixes & Enhancements:
CAD Tool Interfaces:
Altium – The solder mask expansion rules were updated to overwrite Altium preferences
	This is a check box on/off toggle in the Altium translator
Altium – Pads rotated at 45 degrees were not translating correctly
3D STEP:
Updated the Material Condition labels to Minimum, Nominal and Maximum
Exception thrown when 3D is selected as the CAD translator and then selected again
Changes to STEP 3D color options for Header’s pin 1 not getting saved
Calculators:
DFN pin 1 dot spacing too large when outline is not drawn
SOFL component family:
Pin 1 Dot placement when pins are reordered
Added Transformer component family
Keepout – the X placement coordinate resets to Zero when 'New' is selected
FP Designer:
Pin Placement Wizard can exceed design limits and crash
CSV pin placement crashes when importing a file that is open in another program
Creating Bottom SMD pad stacks was missing the Bottom Paste Mask layer
Library Editor:
Update BOM from Library throws an exception after update, when closing the dialog box
Library Batch build now works for mixed PADS-to-CAD and FPE calculator parts
Removed column "Footprint Date" seconds display
Options:
Drafting – relocated "Add Value to Footprint" from Assembly to Silkscreen
Console – New Console/File option for 'Import-From' folder

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Nick B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1909	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nick B Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Footprint Expert 24.05 Released!! Posted: 02 Mar 2024 at 8:20pm
	Version 24.05 was just released!! Fixes & Enhancements: CAD Tool Interfaces: Altium – The solder mask expansion rules were updated to overwrite Altium preferences This is a check box on/off toggle in the Altium translator Altium – Pads rotated at 45 degrees were not translating correctly 3D STEP: Updated the Material Condition labels to Minimum, Nominal and Maximum Exception thrown when 3D is selected as the CAD translator and then selected again Changes to STEP 3D color options for Header’s pin 1 not getting saved Calculators: DFN pin 1 dot spacing too large when outline is not drawn SOFL component family: Pin 1 Dot placement when pins are reordered Added Transformer component family Keepout – the X placement coordinate resets to Zero when 'New' is selected FP Designer: Pin Placement Wizard can exceed design limits and crash CSV pin placement crashes when importing a file that is open in another program Creating Bottom SMD pad stacks was missing the Bottom Paste Mask layer Library Editor: Update BOM from Library throws an exception after update, when closing the dialog box Library Batch build now works for mixed PADS-to-CAD and FPE calculator parts Removed column "Footprint Date" seconds display Options: Drafting – relocated "Add Value to Footprint" from Assembly to Silkscreen Console – New Console/File option for 'Import-From' folder
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