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1. Select File>New from the Padstack Editor menu.

(Check that the directory is C:\OrCAD_Training\PCB_Designer\play, just in case!)

 

2. In the Padstack Name field, enter:

c050

 

3. In the Padstack usage drop-down set SMD Pin

 

4. Left-click>OK to close the browser menu.

 

5. Check that the Start tab has Padstack usage of SMD Pin, Default geometry of Circle and Units of Millimeter (4 decimal places are fine)

 

6. On the Design Layers tab, set the Geometry for Begin Layer / Regular Pad to Circle and the Diameter to 0.5 (mm)

 

7. On the Mask layers tab, set the Soldermask_Top / Pad Geometry to Circle and the Diameter to 0.5 (mm)

 

8. Right-click in the Soldermask_Top / Pad cell and select Copy, then left-click in the Pastemask_Top / Pad cell and right-click>Paste

(If required, check the settings in the Summary tab)

 

9. Use File>Save from the menu to save the Padstack

 

10. Use File>New from the menu, set the Name to r193_060mr218_086 and Usage to SMD Pin

(Check the directory is still the “play” directory)

 

11. Check that the Start tab has Padstack usage of SMD Pin, Default geometry of Rectangle and Units are set to Millimeter (4 decimal places are fine)

 

12. On the Design Layers tab, set the Geometry for Begin Layer / Regular Pad to Rectangle, the Width to 1.93 (mm) and the Height to 0.60 (mm)

 

13. On the Mask Layers tab, set the Geometry for Soldermask_Top / Pad to Rectangle, the Width to 2.18 (mm) and Height to 0.86 (mm)

 

14. Then left-click in the Pastemask_Top / Pad cell to select it, set the Geometry to Rectangle, the Width to 1.93 (mm) and the Height to 0.60 (mm)

(If required, check the settings in the Summary tab)

 

15. Use File>Save from the menu to save the padstack.

 

16. Use File>Exit to close the Padstack Editor.

 

 

End of Lab

 

 

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