One copy of each of the footprints will then be pasted into the Pcb file.
Now all the components are in a pile where you clicked. Select the components (perhaps with 'Select All').From the Component Placement toolbar, select the ``Arrange selected components within defined area' icon.(If you let the mouse pointer rest on any icon for a couple of seconds, a short line of text pops up explaining that icon.) Click in the PCB area 2 or more times to space out the components. Add a string to the Drill Drawing layer, with a caption of.LEGEND (this is a Special String), and preferably place this in the lower left hand corner of the Pcb file.Run a process to set the Comment field of each component within a Pcb file equal to its Footprint (string).Geoff Harland wrote a PcbAddon Server to do this. If you have Protel 99 SE sp 5, use There's several different things you can do at this point.You can now produce a printout (``File Print.' If you print just the Drill Drawing layer, the printout will index and count the usage of each hole size used.You can now generate a report (``Reports Board information.' ').
The Drill Report file will list the number of hole sizes used, and the number of times each size is used. Q: Which footprint should I use? A: Unlike through-hole components, there is no One True Footprint for a SMT part.
