Recreating a simple round padstack

This tutorial takes you through recreating a basic round thru-hole padstack.

1.  Open the new Padstack editor in Cadence:

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2.    Select Thru-pin and circle on the start tab

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3.    Enter the drill diameter

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4.    Define the symbol that will be used to represent the drill hole:

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5.   Define the Top and bottom layer inner, outer, and thermal geometry.  Since Peralta uses two-layer boards, geometry other than begin and end layers will be ignored.

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6.    Define the soldermask geometry for the top and bottom layers

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7.    Look through the summary page to ensure everything was entered correctly:

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8.    Save to the custom symbols folder you created and included in your padpath.