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Hide AND Remove pin in same footprint

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Category: PCB Footprint Expert
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Forum Description: issues and technical support
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Printed Date: 29 Nov 2025 at 9:13pm


Topic: Hide AND Remove pin in same footprint
Posted By: Luke
Subject: Hide AND Remove pin in same footprint
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 2:18am
It does not seem to be possible to both hide and remove pins in the same footprint.  If this is correct I would further guess that this limitation is because of the naming scheme.  It would be great to have this possibility in some cases.  

One example are the G6B series relays from OMRON. http://www.omron.com/ecb/products/pdf/en-g6b.pdf

Here, pins 2 and 5( or seven 7) are effectively hidden while the rest of the unused pins are removed (not counted).

Is there a reason this flexibility will not be allowed?


Replies:
Posted By: Jeff.M
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 11:21am
Mixing hidden and missing pins is not allowed.
It has to do with the format of the fpx library file.
This part can be built in the FP Designer tho.


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