User Guide

SMDpackage,FKversion.
Click again on the Edit a package icon, and enter the name of the pack
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age in the New box in the edit menu. The package is to be called
LCC-20. Click on OK and confirm the question Create new package
‘LCC-20’? byanswering Ye s .
SettheGrid
Adjust the grid to 0.635 mm (0.025 inch), and let the grid lines be
visible.
PlacingSMDSolderPads
SMD devices are generally defined on the top of the board; SMDs are
thereforealwaysinlayer1, To p .
If you do want to have components on the solder side, the item is if
needed reflected on the board with the MIRROR command. See also
thesectiononpage 178.
Begin by placing 5 SMDs at a distance of 0.635 mm from each other in
two horizontal rows close to the coordinate origin. Since the value 0.8 x
2.0 is not contained in the SMD menu, this must be entered as 0.8 2.0,
either on the command line or in the SMD box on the parameter tool
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bar.
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