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NivagSwerdna
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Custom Pattern: Where is the origin for pads?
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October 14, 2016, 12:25:13 pm »
I'm really struggling here.. I am trying to do a custom variant of a 0603 pad which will either be a solder bridge or an optional 0R 0603 depending on situation.
After much wrangling I managed to import a DXF as silk screen and then create a polygon shape and eventually turn it into two pads... I thought I was done but..
When I go to wire it up in PCB I find the wires attach at a point on the 'wrong' part of the pad
How do I define where the 'origin' or 'wire attach point' of a pad would be?
Thanks in advance
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October 14, 2016, 01:46:33 pm »
So for example if I put one onto a PCB and add wires they connect at the Yellow arrowed points but I want them connected at the Red arrowed points.
(For a rectangle pad I think it takes the centre which works but not so good for irregular shapes)
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October 14, 2016, 08:44:33 pm »
Worked it out. The wire joins at the first polygon point. So I recreated my shaped but started with an internal first point but then radially moving to the edge of the shape, around the shape and back. And hey presto it works!
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