POLYGON as PAD for PART

Someone please answer...

"Charlie Van Dien" <vandien@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

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I need to create custom PAD geometry using the POLYGON tool in order to

make a PART.

 

The problem I am having is it is not letting me NAME the copper that is

created nor assign a PIN.

 

I created the PART by dropping a SMD PAD on the copper.... however, MIRROR

does not swap the copper (polygon) board side.

 

Can someone help?

 

Thank you!

-charlie

 

 

Do a search in all groups for SMD, you will find a lot of information.

r

None were found... that's why I posted... seems by now I could have just

been given the answer of the direction, instead of just telling me to "look"

when I've already done that.

-c

"Ing. J.M. Rafetseder" <jrafetseder@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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Do a search in all groups for SMD, you will find a lot of information.

r

 

Charlie Van Dien wrote:

None were found... that's why I posted... seems by now I could have

just been given the answer of the direction, instead of just telling

me to "look" when I've already done that.

-c

Just looking for "polygon" in this newsgroup, I found the following post

fairly easily.  Make sure your newgroup reader is accessing all the messages

in the group's history.

--

Bert Menkveld

Date: Nov 7, 2006

Subject: Re: Polygon pads

Jake P wrote:

"Paul Romanyszyn" <pgr@arcelectronicsinc.com> wrote in message

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Jake P wrote:

I was wondering if any one knows how to make a pad from a polygon.  The

verticies of the polygon are as follows.

 

      Vertex X Y

      1 -3.3565 3.285

      2 0.808 3.285

      3 0.808 1.056

      4 3.3565 1.056

      5 3.3565 -3.285

      6 0.2475 -3.285

      7 0.2475 -0.94

      8 -3.3565 -0.94

 

 

As a reference this is for a Freescale part #MC13214 which can be found

here:

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MC13214

Not supported in eagle yet. Polygons can not be signals.

 

You can add a stop mask and cream polygon to the lib.

For the pad put one smaller one and then covert your data to a script

using relative points. Using the mark on the center of the pad then run

the script to draw the polygon then name it the net name of that pad.

 

Paul R.

 

Ok for example if i put a pad with the dimension of 1 x 1 with the center

at

the center of the part what would i have to do next.  I am fairly

experienced with the graphical end of eagle but when it comes to scripts I

am completly lost.

 

Jake P

 

 

Place a mark on the center of the pad.

Either type or paste into the command line or save a file with would

look like the following.

polygon (r10 r10) (r10 r200) (r50 r200) (r50 r10) (r10 r10);

Before you run it you need to select the polygon tool and set the

bend,layer and other options.

If the grid is set to mil then the above should draw a rectangle 40mil

by 190mil rectangle 10mil above and to the right of a mark.

You will have to convert your (x y) pairs to the correct relative value

I would use a spread sheet for the math.

Review the online help in the keyboard and mouse section and move for

keyboard entry of data points.

Paul R.