Understanding a mechanical drawing

Question

I'm trying to understand this mechanical drawing. (Another one. I asked a question about mechanical drawings a while back.)

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I can work out most of the dimensions, but the mount pads are confusing me. They have two numbers (0.7 and 1.2) beside them. They could be any size for what I know...!

The drawing is for an SH type connector.

Many thanks.

stevenvh · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-04T14:29:15.080

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The 0.7 is the distance from the center of the smaller (contact) pads to the edge of the larger (mechanical) pad.

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The 1.2 is the width of the larger pad.

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Notice the dot both arrows point to.

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You'll often see the indication BSC next to one of the measurements. This means Basic Spacing between Centers and is a nominal value. Could have been given here next to the 1mm (pitch) value, or next to a 6mm value between centers of first and last pad.

edited Mar 04 '11 at 14:29

answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:52

stevenvh

145,145
21
455
667

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I put some images to help clarify better. – Daniel Grillo Mar 04 '11 at 12:27
The answer above "answers" the question to a point... For me, if it's important enough to dimension to the header outline on Y why not tie it down by giving X dimension to the edge of the header outline? – Aug 26 '12 at 01:58
@taf: Welcome! This site is not a forum, and posts are not ordered chronologically. Answers are supposed to address the question, and if you want to comment on a post there is a specific tool. I took the liberty to convert your post into a comment, I hope I guessed right about the referred post. – clabacchio Aug 26 '12 at 14:57

Leon Heller · Answer 2 · 2011-03-04T13:02:19.130

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They are actually 1.2 x 1.8.

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The dimensioning could be a lot clearer.

I wish that they would dimension to the pad centres That is how most PCB packages work.

edited Mar 04 '11 at 13:02

answered Mar 04 '11 at 11:54

Leon Heller

38,774
2
60
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What was wrong with that? I thought I'd answered the question about the pad size. – Leon Heller Mar 04 '11 at 12:44
I misclicked the minus button, could you make a null edit so I can upvote you? – Thomas O Mar 04 '11 at 12:49
There's nothing wrong with your answer. I've edited it. – Daniel Grillo Mar 04 '11 at 12:57
Thomas, you should be able to undo your vote by clicking the button again. – stevenvh Mar 04 '11 at 12:59
@stevenh I have done so. It appears someone else voted down too. – Thomas O Mar 04 '11 at 13:19

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