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I am trying to edit a connector in the libary editor by removing pins not

used, I can delete the pins but not the solder pads. I get the error "Can't

delete pad/smd from a package that is in use" What am I doing wrong?

 

 

 

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  • I still have the same problem, any other ideas? The part I am trying to edit

    is

     

    CON-VG    MABC96LP

     

    Still cannot remove pads

     

    jlt

     

     

    "Robert Pearce" <news@bdt-home.demon.co.uk> wrote in message

    news:NuwNlFOSOA2HFwUj@daniel.huneausware.local...

    Greetings jlt,

     

    on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 you wrote saying :

    I am trying to edit a connector in the libary editor by removing pins not

    used, I can delete the pins but not the solder pads. I get the error

    "Can't

    delete pad/smd from a package that is in use" What am I doing wrong?

     

    Why are you removing pins? Surely the connector either has them or isn't

    the same connector!

     

    Anyway, the error message is saying that you can't do this to a "package"

    that is already associated with a "device". I think that's because the

    device may have allocated pins of its "symbol" to all the pads, so losing

    a pad would break the device. Removing pins from symbols doesn't have

    this restriction, because it merely results in the device having some

    no-connect pads.

     

    What you need to do is copy the package to a different name first, then

    modify that. Then you should similarly copy and rename the symbol before

    modifying it. And finally you create a new device that uses the modified

    symbol and package.

    --

    Rob Pearce                       http://www.bdt-home.demon.co.uk

     

    The contents of this | Windows NT crashed.

    message are purely   | I am the Blue Screen of Death.

    my opinion. Don't    | No one hears your screams.

    believe a word.      |

     

     

     

     

     

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  • I still have the same problem, any other ideas? The part I am trying to edit

    is

     

    CON-VG    MABC96LP

     

    Still cannot remove pads

     

    jlt

     

     

    "Robert Pearce" <news@bdt-home.demon.co.uk> wrote in message

    news:NuwNlFOSOA2HFwUj@daniel.huneausware.local...

    Greetings jlt,

     

    on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 you wrote saying :

    I am trying to edit a connector in the libary editor by removing pins not

    used, I can delete the pins but not the solder pads. I get the error

    "Can't

    delete pad/smd from a package that is in use" What am I doing wrong?

     

    Why are you removing pins? Surely the connector either has them or isn't

    the same connector!

     

    Anyway, the error message is saying that you can't do this to a "package"

    that is already associated with a "device". I think that's because the

    device may have allocated pins of its "symbol" to all the pads, so losing

    a pad would break the device. Removing pins from symbols doesn't have

    this restriction, because it merely results in the device having some

    no-connect pads.

     

    What you need to do is copy the package to a different name first, then

    modify that. Then you should similarly copy and rename the symbol before

    modifying it. And finally you create a new device that uses the modified

    symbol and package.

    --

    Rob Pearce                       http://www.bdt-home.demon.co.uk

     

    The contents of this | Windows NT crashed.

    message are purely   | I am the Blue Screen of Death.

    my opinion. Don't    | No one hears your screams.

    believe a word.      |

     

     

     

     

     

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