Why is Gang Mask shape option removed?

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   I think the problem is in the resolution and how many decimal points are used, please try to use at least 4 or 5 decimal points in your preferences. I do know is not realistic but please give it a try... Found the Fix, Thanks for helping... 
by the way thanks for sharing the FED Vol 18 standard, for some reason I did came up to the same conclusions over the time... are you planning to give a quick update and presentation about it? I'm not sure if we can buy it or what its include on it. so a quick summary may help to justify it ;)

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ulissescastro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 23 Feb 2022 Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote ulissescastro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 2025 at 4:34pm
	I think the problem is in the resolution and how many decimal points are used, please try to use at least 4 or 5 decimal points in your preferences. I do know is not realistic but please give it a try... Found the Fix, Thanks for helping... by the way thanks for sharing the FED Vol 18 standard, for some reason I did came up to the same conclusions over the time... are you planning to give a quick update and presentation about it? I'm not sure if we can buy it or what its include on it. so a quick summary may help to justify it ;)



Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5740	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 2025 at 4:55pm
	I was able to reproduce the issue using 4 place calculations. When I use 3 places it works OK. But that's because when 4 places are rounded to 3 places, the rounding is up. Try this - use 4 places and for the Minimum Pad to Pad Spacing use 0.2033. The new FED Vol 18 Nominal Calculation Mode comes with V25.02 Footprint Expert. Switch between Min/Max and Nominal Mode in "Tools > Options > File > Calculation Mode > Min/Max or Nominal". The new feature is located in the "Help > User Guide > Option Settings > Calculation Mode Options".
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ulissescastro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Active User Joined: 23 Feb 2022 Status: Offline Points: 18	Post Options Post Reply Quote ulissescastro Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 2025 at 4:34pm
	Thanks. All good now...

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5740	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 2025 at 4:41pm
	More information regarding the Nominal Calculation Mode: https://www.pcblibraries.com/Forum/footprint-expert-nominal-dimension-calculator_topic3450.html?FID=1&PR=3
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Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5740	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 9 minutes ago at 11:44am
	We fixed the rounding issue for calculating Gang Solder Mask. The Gang Mask code was written so the Minimum Pad to Pad had to be greater than the value entered. Adding 0.001 to the Minimum Pad to Pad worked. But now it works with the actual value (not greater than the value). We also added a new Forum post regarding this subject: https://www.pcblibraries.com/forum/minimum-solder-mask-web-gang-mask_topic3455.html The V25.03 Footprint Expert pre-release will be available next week. Thank you for reporting this issue.
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