After wading through several documents (they all need updating), I finally understood the scheme of things and was Successful in creating a new part.
I made a couple of parts and show the first one in this post. I started simple: One Pin.
No DRC errors.
Dimensions are correct (1mm Hole, 5mm Pad).
Has Views of: PCB, Schematic (used existing schematic view for this part), ICON, BreadBoard.
Exported gerber and loaded into CopperCam
Scrnshots of the Views and CopperCam
In brief - things I learned beyond the obvious:
- Doc’s refer to a “Tools Widget”: my Frtizing app 9.3b does not have the widget (mac Serria). Took awhile to locate the needed tools (not a widget but, Menu Items in Fritz Menubar>Window.
-Organizing the (Inkscape) layers needed several attempts to avoid DRC errors.
-Yes, can easily create Oblong/other-shape pads that have holes and work!
-I did not follow the File naming convention for this test part.
Remaining Work to be done (and need some Tip’s/help): The ‘Advanced’ settings in the Inspector - where and how to tweak that?
Attached Part for your amusement…
Generic Header - 1 pin.fzpz (6.8 KB)
