I hereby certify that I am not simply asking someone else to design a footprint for me.
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Here’s the steps I took to design a footprint for a PC Tab as pictured below.
To create my new footprint I added a pad in the middle and then I made all three pads
a rectangle and expanded their sizes until they touched each other.
So far this has succeeded but now I have to address some clearance issues reported by the DRC.
Give all pads the same pad number. Then KiCad will tread them as a single pad.
It would have been simpler if you let the outermost pads be round, and then a rounded! rectangle in the middle.
There is very little copper around the center pad. I would either make the center hole a bit smaller, or make the pad wider. You can also make the center pad round, that will create “bulges” around the hole.
To not make the pads “touch” each other. Create an overlap so you are sure they can never be separated from each other.
If you still have remaining DRC messages, then post them here.
I intended to make the center pad so wide that it reaches to the outside of the two round pads. That way the center pad defines the full pad size, while the other two are only used for the hole.
Alternatively, there is an option to add an offset to the pad relative to the hole. You can use this to do something fancy if you want to experiment with option 3).
And for the schematic, just use a symbol with just a single pin. It’s only one electrical connection, even though your faston has 2 prongs or 3 holes.
