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autodeskguest

Greetings,

   I am having trouble figuring out how to make the following 5 pad mini

USB connector: http://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/sd/5000751517_sd.pdf

 

When I use the pad tool, the "elongated" pads are not round and they

have different lengths than what is suggested.

 

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you,

 

-- A

 

  • David Pollum wrote:

     

    AFAIK, you will need milled slots for the part's mounting ears.  If

    milling is expensive, then you can use a single large hole for each ear.

    This large hole may be so large that solder doesn't fill in the hole

    and therefore doesn't solder the ear.

     

    HTH

    -Dave Pollum

     

    Thank you for your help.  My question is also the regular pads, not just

    the ears: when I specify a diameter for the elongated pad, its sets its

    length automatically.  How can I get around this? I was thinking of

    drawing my own shapes in the pads layer and also in stop layer,

    essentially I will be building the pad manually.  Does this sounds like

    a good idea or is there an easier way?

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Amer

     

  • Amer wrote:

     

    Greetings,

      I am having trouble figuring out how to make the following 5 pad mini

    USB connector: http://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/sd/5000751517_sd.pdf

     

    When I use the pad tool, the "elongated" pads are not round and they

    have different lengths than what is suggested.

     

    Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

     

    Thank you,

     

    -- A

     

    AFAIK, you will need milled slots for the part's mounting ears.  If

    milling is expensive, then you can use a single large hole for each ear.

      This large hole may be so large that solder doesn't fill in the hole

    and therefore doesn't solder the ear.

     

    HTH

    -Dave Pollum

     

  • > My question is also the regular pads, not just

    the ears: when I specify a diameter for the elongated pad, its sets its

    length automatically.  How can I get around this? I was thinking of

    drawing my own shapes in the pads layer and also in stop layer,

    essentially I will be building the pad manually.  Does this sounds like

    a good idea or is there an easier way?

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Amer

    With 4.16 you can't add copper to a lib part without causing either DRC

    errors or if you use other layers it is unchecked and could cause

    undetected shorts or DRC problems.

    You can add or change the stop mask shape.

    Paul R.