I am trying to figure out how to create the pads in a circular pattern. The datasheet dives the dimensions of the diameter of the circle of pins (done), but then each pad is placed based on degrees. Can anyone point me to instruction on how to create these pads? Is there a way other than trying to figure out the positioning on my own and then manually putting in pads in those locations? Thanks so much!
I know there are people that have done scripts but I’m not sure if they are actual plug ins. I checked the plug in page and didn’t see a name that jumped out at me.
Looks like I’m on 4.0.7. The button is right above the in. and mm. button in the footprint editor. It gives the degrees under the “Th” text in the bottom info area.
There is a footprint wizard (if enabled on your platform) that can help with creating such footprints. (In the top toolbar with tool text similar to “new from wizard” I can not check this as they are disabled on the platforms i have available right now)
Now for the magic question… What version am I running? I found my install package in a testing folder (so it isn’t even a nightly) for testing enabling the action menu compiler flag. Here is my version info (the platform is actually Win10 but that is a known issue with Windows):
Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.0), release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.3
libcurl/7.54.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.11 libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.23.1 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.60.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
Curl: 7.54.1
Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 with C++ ABI 1011