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Adding Footprint Naming Convention Twice

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Category: PCB Footprint Expert
Forum Name: Product Suggestions
Forum Description: request new features
URL: https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3528
Printed Date: 05 Sep 2025 at 1:18pm

Topic: Adding Footprint Naming Convention Twice

Posted By: m.elsayed
Subject: Adding Footprint Naming Convention Twice
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 7:42am

Add Footprint Naming convention twice.

IPC-7351B For SMD, and IPC-7352 for through-hole.

Right now we can only select one or the other.

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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 9:38am

When someone picks the IPC-7351B naming convention in Options, the through-hole parts automatically get IPC-7352 footprint names for through-hole.

There’s only one Footprint Naming Convention for through-hole.

When you select IPC-7351B Footprint Naming Convention, it only affects Surface Mount component families.

The Through-hole naming convention is always there and available in IPC-7352 standard.

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Posted By: m.elsayed
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 11:35am

Thanks Tom

So you to achieve IPC-7351B for surface mount and IPC-7352 for through-hole

Can be done by only 1option file and selecting IPC-7352B and this automatically get IPC-7352 for though hole and this lead no for adding this feature

Please confirm

Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 11:48am

There is only one Footprint Naming Convention for Through-hole parts.

The IPC-7351B Naming Convention only applies to Surface Mount.

The Through-hole Naming convention was created 20 years ago and finally released in IPC-7352, but it's been in Footprint Expert since 2012.

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Posted By: m.elsayed
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 11:50am

Thanks Tom

So you to achieve IPC-7351B for surface mount and IPC-7352 for through-hole

Can be done by only 1option file and selecting IPC-7352B and this automatically get IPC-7352 for though hole and this lead no for adding this feature

Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 11:52am

Yes

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Posted By: m.elsayed
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2025 at 11:57am

Great

Thanks Tom

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