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    Posted: 07 Sep 2021 at 11:30am
Every STEP I output in the SOIC family has the pin 1 marker missing from the model.
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The 1.27 mm (50 mil) pin pitch SOIC has a Body Chamfer all along the Pin 1 Side. 



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Thanks Tom. I hadn't noticed this. 
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It's one of the ways to differentiate between mil pitch and metric pitch SO's. 

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Good point. Something I shall pass on to my colleagues.

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