[PCB_FORUM] Re: Component Heights?

What is everyone using for the "float" height? 

Shirley from Iowa

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Don't forget to allow for "float" height in your soldering process when
setting the max height value.

Bolman, Shirley H wrote:
>
> We have been adding the MAX package height to physicals for years. In 
> addition we add the max height to every line entry
>
> in the part.ptf files. This is because some mfg create an 0603 
> resistor at .026 high and someone else may create it at .022.
>
> We have a script that will read the HEIGHT field from the part.ptf and

> replace the actual max height on a part number basis.
>
> So after the script is run, a board may have two 0603 resistors side 
> by side but one is 26 mils tall and the other is 22.
>
>  
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>
> Shirley
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> Thanks very much - we'll give this a try!
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>
> Be sure to have a PLACE_BOUND_TOP (and bottom if needed) shape on the 
> package.  Setup the height under Setup->Areas->Package Height
>
> When you export the symbols with IDF the package height on that shape 
> is exported with the symbol.  Works quite nicely.
>
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>
> Is anyone using a component height property on Allegro package or 
> mechanical symbols? What is the correct syntax (we're using 16.2)? We 
> haven't done that here, and I can't find any guides on Sourcelink.
>
> The plan is to add the height at the package symbol level and export 
> it to SolidWorks using IDF. Has anyone out there had success with this

> method of checking for comp-to-enclosure violations? Thanks for any 
> info you can provide.
>
> Alexis Meehan, Opnext, Inc.
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