(note the tiny hole of 0.1mm in the center whereas the outer ring is still huge with over 1mm diameter). Too big diameter of pad solder mask: It seems small pads are not possible when choosing Place->Pad since the pad is always huge, even when choosing a diameter of e.g. The Footprint Manager dialog provides controls to preview, validate, add, remove, or edit footprint associations across the entire project. I guess I cannot tell Altium 'treat this via like a pad and give it a net'? Since it is not a pad, manually assigning is also no option via Design->Netlist->Edit nets Problem: Vias are not recognized as pads and therefore cannot be associated with a name/denominator resulting in vias not having a net in the final PCB document. With these libraries, you can store your custom component data and even import this data into a new project. I ran into the problem that I have no clue how to generate a pad with a hole in the PCB library, this is what I tried: Footprints can be copied from the PCB editor into a PCB library, copied between PCB libraries, or created from scratch using the Footprint Wizard or drawing tools. To do this, you are basically creating a custom component, so you will need to have a schematic library (.SchLib file) and a footprint library (.PcbLib file) attached to your project. What is the right way to do this? I I created the schematics (all fine) and PCB library entries. Version control will be enforced on all files in the project. Tip: You can add new footprints to your library by clicking the Add button below the Footprints list in the PCB Library panel. I want to define a custom component (TO92 temperature sensor) in Altium Designer with through-hole pads (0.7mm hole diameter, 1.27mm pitch). There are three ways you can use Altium 365 to share and manage your symbol and PCB footprint libraries: At the project level: Libraries contained in a project can be saved to your server alongside your other design data.

Altium add footprint to pcb library