Hi Paul,

According to the Jedec standard:
The component should be drawn parallel to the X axis
The polarisation marking and Pin 1 to the right.

Cheers,

Barry Olney

Paul Arklay wrote:
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> When creating smt polarised component geometries on your cad system for pcb
> design do you create them horizontally with the polarised side to the right
> or the left? In other words is there a standard for this when creating
> PCB footprints?
>
> Best Regards,
> Paul Arklay
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