Creating precise, IPC-7350 compliant component footprints. | |||
Item ID |
AD6-7-18 |
Author |
Altium INFOcenter |
Applies to |
DXP: Libraries |
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Created |
23/06/07 |
Last modified |
23/06/07 |
IPC Footprint Wizard.
Available through the Tools menu when a PCB library is the active document, the IPC Footprint Wizard creates IPC-compliant component footprints. Rather than working from footprint dimensions, the IPC Footprint Wizard uses dimensional information from the component itself in accordance with the standards released by the IPC.
With the wizard you can select from a range of footprint generators including Chip Components (Capacitor, Inductor and Resistor), QFN, SOJ, SOT23 (3-Leads, 5-Leads and 6-Leads), SOT143/343 and SOT223 types. You can also nominate and immediately view overall packaging dimensions, pin information, heel spacing, solder fillets (the above Least, Nominal and More options) and dimensional tolerances. Mechanical dimensions such as Courtyard, Assembly, and Component Body Information can also be entered.
This video shows the wizard in use, using data from a component
datasheet to produce an IPC compliant footprint. 
IPC Footprint Wizard
While you can still use the established PCB Component Wizard to develop component footprints in Altium Designer, the IPC Footprint Wizard and IPC library support provides a convenient, easy-to-use alternative for designers wishing to standardize on and work with IPC-7351 complaint component footprints.