I just KNOW I'm gonna get confused by any answers to this but here goes........

Could some please explain what a fan-out pattern is?  It seems to be a series
of traces and vias leading from a something like a PLCC or quad flat pack.
How can you create a standard pattern if you don't know where you're headed
until you have a general idea of a board layout.  The final destination of a trace
will change from board to board.  Surely one doesn't create several footprints
(feetprint?) for the same part?  Does one?

And if any of you out there in DC-land are using Cadstar AND doing this,
contact me.  I gotta learn how!

'Nuff said on that - I hope y'all have a nice weekend and if you're an East
coaster, I hope Bonnie isn't knocking at your door.



JoAnn L. Amerson
Design Librarian
Red Lion Controls, Inc.
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