Construct Pads (Auto, All Angles)
This function identifies drawn pads (including ones drawn at
non-90 degree rotation),
and translates them into flashed pads. You may control what
types of pads may be created.
Note: the ability to build Pads in all angles was added to the
Construct Pad (auto) action,
and you can use that action instead, if desired..
If most of the drawn pads are placed horizontally or vertically use
DFM -> Cleanup -> Construct Pads (Auto.)
If the features are drawn with pads instead of lines run
Edit -> Reshape -> Pad To Line on these
features first.
To access the Construct Pads Action:
• Activate the Graphic Editor
• Select DFM > Cleanup > Construct Pads (Auto., All Angles)
This function runs on one or more layers at once and has the following
parameters which control its behavior:
Layer: layer name or layer
expression
Apply to: work on all features or on selected
features only
Minimum: smallest drawn feature to
consider
Maximum: largest drawn feature to consider
Tolerance: amount of variance in edges to allow
Reference SM: solder mask layer name
Standard Symbol Allowed : types of standard symbol that allowed for
creation
The reference solder mask is optional. It can help the pad recognition
and reduce the number of false alarms by considering the pads on the
solder mask layer.
Note: construct pads should be
run on the solder mask layer first.
Reports
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Result Attributes
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