A new pad shape, Rounded Rectangle has been introduced for designing PCB footprints and layouts. It provides better compatability with P-CAD and other CAD applications during PCB translation. Plus it allows you to follow land pattern recommendations from device manufacturers more closely.

The key benefits for PCB designers are:

• Greater control and a wider choice of pad shapes.
• Complete control over the corner radius – from a plain rectangle (0%)through to round in shape (100%).
• Greater flexibility to sustain a large pad area for tightly routed regions on a PCB layout.