LP Wizard
Reduce the time required to build CAD libraries by up to 91%. With LP Wizard, you'll build complex parts and the numerous features of CAD libraries in minutes, not hours. All parts are IPC-7351B compliant and built with unbelievable precision.
LP Calculator
The LP Calculator is used to auto-generate accurate land pattern data directly from component dimensions provided on the manufacturer’s datasheet. The LP Calculator default CAD library construction rules are set to IPC-7351 standards, but the user has access to change any of the hundreds of rule settings.
The LP Calculator is provided free of charge with the purchase of the IPC-7351B, Generic Requirements for Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern Standard. The IPC-7351B is the industry standard providing:
- Printed board designers with an intelligent land pattern naming convention
- A padstack naming convention for printed board layers, a zero component rotation scheme for CAD systems
- Surface mount design recommendations for achieving the best possible solder joints to the devices assembled.
Purchase a copy of IPC-7351B online at http://www.ipc.org/7351 or contact IPC Order Entry at +1 847-597-2862.
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Auto-generate accurate land pattern from component dimensions.
Features
- IPC 3-Tier Land Pattern Environments – Least, Nominal or Most land size + User Settings
- Change working units to Inches, Mils, Millimeters or Microns
- Alternate input format for Min/Max dimensions or Nom +/- dimensions
- Relocate Pin 1 and change pin order clockwise or counter clockwise
- Delete or Hide any pins
- Customize line widths for silkscreen, assembly, courtyard and 3D model
- Adjust Ref Des height & line width
- Full solder mask and paste mask controls
- Multiple pad shape options including “rounded rectangle”
- Provides Toe, Heel and Side solder joint goal statistical data
- Local Fiducials for fine pitch components
- Auto-generate IPC Land Pattern and Padstack names
Flexibility. Change any settings on the fly to customize your CAD library part.
Preference Menu. All CAD library rules can be modified for user definable preferences at the global level or at the individual component level. Mouse over a rule and the on-line help will pop-up a picture and an explanation of what the rule is for.