In the screenshot you measure the courtyard layer. The fab layer is also gray in the default kicad colour scheme which might be the source of your confusion.
Additionally you seem to have a quite old footprint here. The current versions have rounded rectangle pads as per new IPC suggestions (IPC-7351C which is overdue will codify this) Is it possible that you have the version 4 footprint? (all version 5 footprints have rounded rectangle pads, i just double checked the ones from 5.0.0) After checking the screenshot again it looks like you have a footprint with rounded rectangle pads. It is just too little resolution to show this clearly.
You also seem to be on at best version 5.0 as the footprint editor would have a treeview in version 5.1.x Sorry for the confusion you are in pcbnew.
hi i am using an LM7805 5V regulator with a TO-220package. Now i will be mount it vertically . That is just imagine the pcb is placed at the bottom of the image and the component is mounted straight through. Now which To220 package do i choose for the foot print there are many like 220-2 then 220-3 etc .Then the is is verticle and horizontal.
Well look at both packages it will become quite obvious which one will fit (either in the footprint editor or in one of the review options when assigning See How can i assign a footprint to a symbol?).
hey i need to use the SMD variant of the CD4017 IC. Now when i am assigning footprint it automatically gives me a selection of the 16 pin DIP Package (see pic below). However none of the footprints match the datasheet. all the footprints have the length of IC as 20mm but as per datasheet it is 10 mm. See fig below. where do i get the footprint
What are the key information to start using footprint generation scripts?
I didn’t found such subject in FAQ.
I have run only scripts generating BOM, but they are directly integrated in schematic.
I was writing/using scripts myself but it was long time ago (*.bat files in DOS times). They were just run in the operating system needing no special program to open them. When I click at *.py file Windows asks me to show which program to use to open that file and I don’t know if I shell allow Windows to use web to find the right file (whenever I allowed to use web to find driver for any new hardware it never found it).
Hi guys so if you see i had asked about the footprint for SMD SOIC type CD4017. EElik suggested to make it myself. So i started seeing the you tube kicad tutorial and saw that i could add the digikey libraries. In the video he shows a 18 pin soic footprint. So i added the digikey library and viola i have my footprint. Nice . I can see that digikey has a lot of foot prints.
In fact in the youtube video he makes a badge and the battery holder and switch is from the digikey library
