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Is there a way to change a property (hole diameter) for many PTHs in a footprint

Eradicatore — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:34:25 GMT

I made a library part but realized the plated through holes I used for the 44 pins are using a diameter that's too small. I can change this by

1. edit footprint

2. right click each green PTH

3. scroll the pull down to the diameter I want

4. repeat

But this is a lot of mouse movement that must be precise. Is there a way to change a property for them all after I select them all? I tried this but it just ended up changing the property for one of the items in the selection

Re: Is there a way to change a property (hole diameter) for many PTHs in a footprint

jorge_garcia — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:54:48 GMT

Hello @Eradicatore ,

I hope you're doing well. I would use the inspector for this. You can use the selection filter to make sure only pads are selected. Select all of your pads then go into the Inspector panel and adjust the diameter there. They will all get the new diameter.

What version of EAGLE are you using? The above only applies if you are using a version of EAGLE from the last 5 years or so.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Re: Is there a way to change a property (hole diameter) for many PTHs in a footprint

Eradicatore — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:52:15 GMT

Thanks for the reply. I have figured out how to do this. I'm on Eagle in Fusion 360 2.0.17954 x86_64.

Your solution worked perfectly, and I will keep that right side window "Inspector" in mind.

I also found that you can do this way also:

1. select the pads with drag selection (with layer set to pads)

2. click the wrench in the menu at the top, and select drill>width you want

3. either LEFT click each pad in the selected group to change one at a time or RIGHT click and use "Change: Group"

Also saw this post was helpful (but based on older Eagle)

https://gusmith.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/change-width-of-all-traces-tracks-in-eagle/#:~:text=Select%20the%20layer%20and%20traces,WIDTH%200.016%20and%20it%20enter.