Mechanical Pins

Define the shape and properties of mechanical pins.

  1. Click Properties > Mechanical Pins.
    The Mechanical Pins dialog opens.
    • Pin Name: The name of the mechanical pin.
    • Lead Shape: The type of the pin shape.
    • Edit Lead: Edit the pin shape and size.
    • X, Y: Show and edit the pin coordinate.
    • Locate: Place the selected mechanical pin.
  2. Edit Lead: Edit the pin shape and size.
    1. Click Edit Lead to edit the pin shape.
      Figure 1.


      There are two ways to edit the pin shape.
      • Basic mode: Edit the pin shape with pre-defined shape.
      • User Defined mode: Edit the pin shape with arbitrary shape editor.
  3. Edit the pin shape in Basic mode:
    1. Display the pin shape in 3-dimensional mode.
    2. Select the predefined pin shape and define the size of the pin.
      The predefined pin shapes are shown below.
      Type Shape Type Shape
      JBEND
      Figure 2.


      		BUTT
      Figure 3.


      Reverse BUTT
      Figure 4.


      		FLAT
      Figure 5.


      GULLWING
      Figure 6.


      		GULLWING-A
      Figure 7.


      Round GULLWING
      Figure 8.


      		WRAPAROUND
      Figure 9.


      BAR
      Figure 10.


      		Round BAR
      Figure 11.


      Round BAR-A
      Figure 12.


      		Round BAR-B
      Figure 13.


      Round BAR-C
      Figure 14.


      		BALL
      Figure 15.


      DIP
      Figure 16.


      		DIP-A
      Figure 17.


      DIP-B
      Figure 18.


      		Kink DIP
      Figure 19.


      Kink DIP-A
      Figure 20.


      		Round DIP
      Figure 21.


      Round DIP-A
      Figure 22.


      		CBEND
      Figure 23.


      J Inverted
      Figure 24.


      		WIRE
      Figure 25.


    3. Lead Type: Select pre-defined shape.
    4. Apply board thickness: Enlarge the pin size adding the board thickness.
    5. Apply current shape to pins.
      • Reverse: Reverse the pin shape to opposite side of the PCB.
      • Apply to selected Pin: Apply current shape to selected pin.
      • Apply to all Pins: Apply current shape to all pins in the part.
  4. Edit pin shape in User Defined Mode.
    Figure 26.


    1. Grid setting: Define the grid gap and select/unselect the snap to grid mode.
    2. View and edit window: Display and edit the shape of the pin.
    3. Property: Display and edit the properties and positions of the pin shape.
      Figure 27.


      • In the Property dialog, click the Position tab to display the position of the pin.
        Figure 28.


      • Absolute Coordinate: Display and edit the absolute coordinate of the pin.
      • Shift: Move pin shape to defined coordinate.
      • Reset: Initialize the input values.
      • Relative Coordinate: Display and edit the relative values to move the pin.
    4. Rotate: Select the Rotate radio button.
      Figure 29.


      • Rotate: Rotate the pin shape with defined angles.
      • Active View: Select the view direction to reference.
      • Define Angle: Define the rotation angle for each click.
  5. Draw tools: Draw and edit the shape of the pin.
    Figure 30.


  6. Locate: Place the selected mechanical pin.