Running EAGLE 6.2.0, Win7-64 pro. I'm using PCB Libraries' PCB Footprint Expert 2012.23 to generate import scripts for a SOP65P640X120-28L from a TSSOP-28 datasheet. There are some significant issues, listed below:
1) Running the FPX-generated import .scr scriptfile, an EAGLE error dialog is thrown:
[path]/SOP65P640X120-28L, Line 60:
'First' is only valid for pads
2) The outline on 51 tDocu changes width irregularly, broken into segments of 0.001mm! and 0.1mm, both of which are unusably thin for assembly drawings. Looks nothing like the preview in FPX, especially in the lack of corner chamfer near pin 1.
3) The silkscreen package outline on 21 tPlace has become a few random segments; again, little resemblance to the FPX preview. The few lines there are come perilously close to what would be the soldermask edge. Also they are way too thin (0.1mm) as-is and would have to be fattened up by the PCB fab house. There may be FPX settings that would change these, but some realistic defaults would be nice.
4) Both >NAME and >VALUE ended up on 21 tPlace, not on 25 tNames and 27 tValues as is expected and customary in the EAGLE design environment and quite common on vendor- and user-supplied parts.
The footprints as-generated and as-imported are pretty messed up, necessitating extensive cleanup to be usable -- not what I had expected from a pricey application and certainly not much of a time-saver. At least the SMT pads themselves seem okay. Those interested in reducing time spent on EAGLE footprint composition might want to hesitate before laying down $200 for Footprint Expert right away.
I'm a bit new, and it's not my or anybody else's job to debug PCB Libraries' app. But I was wondering whether anybody at Cadsoft or here might have a go at pinpointing where the script went bad. Attached is the SOP65P640X120-28N.scr file. I suppose I'll have to share any replies here with PCB Libraries as feedback (no, I don't work for them).
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