Data Sheet

LABCENTER ELECTRONICS LTD.
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Right click on the pad, select replicate command and specify angle (e.g. 20) and number
(e.g. 17) to complete the circle.
Packaging the Footprint
Drag a selection box around the entire footprint and then select the Make Package command
from the Library Menu.
Launch 'Make Package' from the Library menu
The first screen is fairly self-explanatory and similar to that we’ve seen in the schematic capture.
Note that the package description is searchable when we are browsing for footprints so a little
effort to make this as descriptive as possible is worthwhile. You will also want to create the part
in the USERPKG library which is the default library supplied for user footprints. For our
purposes, we’ll call this package TESTPKG and give it some basic entries.