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! Rushabh | Linux Shill - for footprint="pinrow...

for footprint="pinrow3 p2.54 id1.016 od1.88 pinlabeltextalignright pinlabelorthogonal nosquareplating" it generates a courtyard, we should add a way to change the courtyard's default dimension somehow

Started by ! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 27, 202628 messages

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! Rushabh | Linux Shilloriginal postAug 27, 2026, 8:45 AM

for `footprint="pinrow3_p2.54_id1.016_od1.88_pinlabeltextalignright_pinlabelorthogonal_nosquareplating"` it generates a courtyard, we should add a way to change the courtyard's default dimension somehow

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 27, 2026, 8:47 AM

would love to reduce the courtyard dimensions here

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! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 27, 2026, 8:52 AM

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! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 27, 2026, 9:25 AM

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! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 4:17 PM

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SeveAug 30, 2026, 4:32 PM

hello

SeveAug 30, 2026, 4:33 PM

we could add that

SeveAug 30, 2026, 4:33 PM

open to proposals

SeveAug 30, 2026, 4:33 PM

it looks a bit big for a default too

SeveAug 30, 2026, 4:33 PM

we could improve that maybe 🤔

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 5:16 PM

An optional courtyardmargin to pinrow_def

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 5:16 PM

eg ` footprint="pinrow3_p2.54_id1.016_od1.88_pinlabeltextalignright_pinlabelorthogonal_nosquareplating_courtyardmargin0.25mm"`

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:32 PM

no that would be bad

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:32 PM

margin from what?

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:32 PM

courtyard is not a margin from copper, it is technically unrelated to the copper

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:33 PM

cyw (courtyardwidth) and cyh i think are already supported

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 5:35 PM

Yes, but only for smdpads and custom passive footprints

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 5:35 PM

It is not global and is not supported by pinrow

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:35 PM

courtyard is _never_ related to copper

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:36 PM

to make this property is to create ambiguity

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:37 PM

it's like if someone asked me how big something was and i told them "50% bigger" they'd be like "50% bigger than what???" it doesn't make sense

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:37 PM

a margin is relative to something

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 5:41 PM

so we should add optional cyw and cyh to pinrow_def

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:42 PM

that would be fine yea

! Rushabh | Linux ShillAug 30, 2026, 5:49 PM

also

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SeveAug 30, 2026, 6:01 PM

Hmmm

SeveAug 30, 2026, 6:02 PM

I mean courtyards are related to the cad model, idk if jlcpcb will allow placing the pin headers

SeveAug 30, 2026, 6:02 PM

Idc about matvhing kicad but jlcpcb is important

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