The dimensions are indeed very likely the pad diameter and the “drill” diameter. But normally the number is treated as the size of the finished hole after it has been plated by the factory. But you can both easily measure it yourself with PCB Editor / Inspect / Measure Tool. And it also just an example. You want oval pads, so you have to change the pad in the footprint editor anyway.
The “beaded” test points have another 3D model attached:
For the PCB, there is very little difference between a footprint for a 0805 sized resistor or a 0805 capacitor. It’s mostly the 3D model that shows the difference. And it is quite common for footprints to be similar to other footprints.
Thanks, now I have placed the testpoint in the schema and update it to the PCB editor, and I can set the shap and dimentions of hole and pad in the ‘‘properties’’:
But there are no options for adjustment for the parts belong to layers ‘‘F.Silkscreen’’ and ‘‘F.Fab’’ ,for example the yellow and grey circle outside, means that a larger distance is needed while placing them in PCB editor, which causes problem in this designing because they need to be much closer. One possible way I find out by myself is : double click the footprint > Edit Footpringt… to switch to Footprint Editor where I could adjust or even delete the parts belong to layers ‘‘F.Silkscreen’’ and ‘‘F.Fab’’. Is this the proper way to do the adjustment ? Can I just keep the pad and hole:
Yes, using the Footprint Editor is the normal method for editing footprints. In addition, you can add some library management to create your own library (-ies) of the footprints you modified.
You can also easily create new footprints, and there are built in generator scripts in the footprint editor that can help with getting a footprint with a lot of pads started quickly.
And also, you have deleted two of your posts to post similar post immediately after that. You can click on the pencil icon at the bottom of your post to edit it.
@LF666
Please note that the post editing tool Paul demonstrates is only available for 24 hours after each post for Basic (Level 1) users, after which the pencil will disappear.
