On 22 Sep 2003 at 7:55, Ray Dwyer wrote:

>
> Good morning,
> My question has to do with the pick point (PP) designed into a component for
> both SMT and through hole components.  I have seen some PPs on pin 1 of the
> device and some times I see it at the cross sectional center.

PP at Pin 1 ist technically nonsense (mostly a dinosaur from THT when
somebody had to stuff the first pin in the first hole...)
PP at cross sectional center is OK as long as the part is
symmetrical. The best PP would be the weight center (sorry, don't
know the word for German "Schwerpunkt"), especially for odd things
like D-PAK etc.

And - help the library guy who made the PP at Pin 1 to understand the
p&p process

> What is the IPC rule on this?

Sorry, don't know.

Best regards
Matthias Mansfeld

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