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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay. Thanks for the information. We will remove it for the few components
that have some.

On another note, now that the courtyard is found in the module editor, I
think it would be fair to add it to the convention. I personally would go
for a 0.25mm clearance. Anyone objects?

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 7:57 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 15/09/2014 08:30, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 07:09:32PM -0400, Carl Poirier wrote:
> >> The SMD resistors and capacitors have an adhesive dot in the middle.
> Should
> >> all SMD components have one? If so, is there a recommended size?
> >
> > Adhesive is only used for some kind of manufacturing (SMD on wave
> > - mostly obsolete - and two side processing without differentiated
> > melting point). Size depends on the specifics of the adhesive and on the
> > weight of the component, so AFAIK there is no standard.
> >
> > I'd leave it out of the standard library, it's a very specialized
> > feature. Never had to use glue in my life:P
> >
>
> I agree: a "glue" layer is not useful (mostly obsolete), and I also
> never had to use it.
>
> Adhesive layers (note: they are not named glue layers) are certainly a
> very specialized feature.
>
> On the other hand, they are paired layers.
>
> Please see them like layers which can be used to draw some specific
> things closely related to a footprint, like its thermal radiator, a
> carbon paste layer ...
>
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> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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