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You must have it in the build-in library, if you have installed the completet product. Any way if you are working with non-standard component it is better to design padstack by yourself.
Bitter experience tells me to ALWAYS, carefully (very carefully!), check any components included with a board package library. Small differences between the device manufacturers implementation and the library may be significant for small geometry SMT packages. I have been been burned many times by assuming that "it's gotta be ok, it's a standard package".
I found a lot of times it's easier to make one by myself than to search a package in OrCAD. And there are a lot if places in OrCAD that will take time. I cannot understand why people still buy it.
this is a standart part and there mast be a valid true footprint soomewere.
plus,
what if, i'll make a mistake while bulding the footprint on myohwn, (i have never done it before......)
I was just complaining. I used to search the package library until I found something similar. I print out the package in 1:1 and make sure it is exactly what I want. Most times I place the chip on my print and see if they match perfectly. That's a stupid way. But I don't trust either OrCAD or myself
Another cheap and small PCB software, Eagle, solves the problem perfectly, at least much better than OrCAD. Protel doesnt have the problem either.
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