Easy 0603 footprint in Altium

[Faringdon]

Hi,
Is there any way to just make a 0603 footprint easily in Altium?......not using the editors etc...just putting two pads down and sizing them?
It seems not.
Its forcing me to have a pad template, its not letting me put the pad on the centrum..it tells me the centrum is not the centrum.
Is there any way to just use Altium like Eagle?....ie, intuitively, not having to go through the dialog box's?

[jc101]

What's the problem?  Loads of help files out there...

[jpanhalt]

Is this all the "progress" you have made in your new contract for a SMPS?
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/swiching-from-eagle-pro-to-altium-designer-ver-23-(latest)/msg4834184/#msg4834184

Get it done.  Do not try to develop a better footprint for a 603 component.  That is not what you were retained to do.

[tooki]

Hi,
Is there any way to just make a 0603 footprint easily in Altium?......not using the editors etc...just putting two pads down and sizing them?
It seems not.

Ummm... in your PCB library, create a new footprint, and then add pads to it. Use the Properties panel to set the dimensions.

Its forcing me to have a pad template

It is not.

its not letting me put the pad on the centrum..it tells me the centrum is not the centrum.

On the what? Centrum? That's not a term that occurs in Altium.

Is there any way to just use Altium like Eagle?....ie, intuitively, not having to go through the dialog box's?

Eagle is only "intuitive" because you're familiar with it. Altium is (for a pro app) quite user-friendly if you don't go into it expecting it to work exactly like a particular other program.

But why even make them by hand? You can use the two footprint wizards, or you can just download an existing footprint from the Manufacturer Part Search, or one of the universal library sources like SnapEDA. Or download the Celestial Altium Library (it's open source) and use those footprints: https://altiumlibrary.com/

[Faringdon]

Thanks, though in Eagle, it has the marvellous feature of "Move on grid"....so if you have a pad you want to duplicate and move 1.27mm down or up.....you just set the grid to 1.27mm......and its copy paste......done!
Cant do this in Altium.(?)...have to mess about  with coordinate boxes.

[jc101]

Thanks, though in Eagle, it has the marvellous feature of "Move on grid"....so if you have a pad you want to duplicate and move 1.27mm down or up.....you just set the grid to 1.27mm......and its copy paste......done!
Cant do this in Altium.(?)...have to mess about  with coordinate boxes.

You know you can put, say, -1.27mm in the x or y and it will just move the item by that relative amount?

[tooki]

Thanks, though in Eagle, it has the marvellous feature of "Move on grid"....so if you have a pad you want to duplicate and move 1.27mm down or up.....you just set the grid to 1.27mm......and its copy paste......done!
Cant do this in Altium.(?)...have to mess about  with coordinate boxes.

You know you can put, say, -1.27mm in the x or y and it will just move the item by that relative amount?

Just to be clear, they mean appending a relative distance. For example, if the current coordinate is 5.08mm, and you want to move it 1.27mm further, you enter “5.08+1.27” and it’ll do the math. You can even mix units if you enter them expressly, for example “100mil-1mm” would then parse to 1.54mm (or 60.63mil, depending on the default unit in use).