make your own components with multiple pads

[quarks]

Hello all,

because of good experiences with diptrace here in the forum, I started to use Diptrace and tried to make some experimetal boards. The idea was to have a flexible choice of component sizes. Therefore I tried to make new pattern/components in Diptrace, i.e. resistor with multiple pads (see att.) to be able to use different sized resistors with the same board layout.

But when I try to use these in PCB layout I get errors because of these multiple pads.

Does anyone have an idea if it is possible in diptrace to do that and how to do it without errors?

thanks
quarks

[HackedFridgeMagnet]

I don't know Diptrace, but in Kicad you can do that by giving different pads the same pin number.

[quarks]

I don't know Diptrace, but in Kicad you can do that by giving different pads the same pin number.

thanks for your reply. I just tried it, but did not help.

[shebu18]

Try to make a part with multiple subparts and import only the subpart you need. Diptrace has no option to tell it that the pads are the same.

[gc]

Hello all,

because of good experiences with diptrace here in the forum, I started to use Diptrace and tried to make some experimetal boards. The idea was to have a flexible choice of component sizes. Therefore I tried to make new pattern/components in Diptrace, i.e. resistor with multiple pads (see att.) to be able to use different sized resistors with the same board layout.

But when I try to use these in PCB layout I get errors because of these multiple pads.

Does anyone have an idea if it is possible in diptrace to do that and how to do it without errors?

thanks
quarks

It's very easy.

Don't give the pads in Pattern Editor same pin number. Leave them as they are (1, 2, 3, ..).
Go to Component Editor, Menu Component / Attached Pattern ... and make a connection (thin red line) between the overlapped pads with left mouse button (right mouse button to delete connection). The pads don't need to be overlapped.

In Diptrace Layout route as normal to one of the connected pads (they all highlight). There is also a ratline between the multible pads. You have to route them.

Check with F9.

[quarks]

It's very easy.

Don't give the pads in Pattern Editor same pin number. Leave them as they are (1, 2, 3, ..).
Go to Component Editor, Menu Component / Attached Pattern ... and make a connection (thin red line) between the overlapped pads with left mouse button (right mouse button to delete connection). The pads don't need to be overlapped.

In Diptrace Layout route as normal to one of the connected pads (they all highlight). There is also a ratline between the multible pads. You have to route them.

Check with F9.

Hello gc,

great, now it works.

Thanks a lot
quarks