Index: index.html =================================================================== --- index.html (revision 33011) +++ index.html (revision 33012) @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ it doesn't have font and the refdes is random.

-When the footprint is loaded, it becomes an subcircuit. The subcircuit inherits all +When the footprint is loaded, it becomes a subcircuit. The subcircuit inherits all the physical properties and the blank details are filled in with the data taken from the current board: the layer binding is done, all parts of the subcircuit lands on a specific board layer; the refdes is rendered using the font in @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@

In other words, a footprint is an abstract recipe, part of a -library, while an subcircuit is a land pattern already embedded in a +library, while a subcircuit is a land pattern already embedded in a specific design and describes actual copper and silk.

@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@   Rats assistive layer automatically generated with netlist and copper layer group connection data Via Padstack a vertical construction that features a plated hole and copper pads around the hole Pin Padstack a special via that is going to host a pin of a through-hole component soldered on the board - Pad Padstack a copper feature that is going to host a lead of an surface mount component + Pad Padstack a copper feature that is going to host a lead of a surface mount component Hole, mounting hole Padstack special case of vias, with no plating or copper pads Fiducial mark, test pad Padstack special case of pad Element, module, part (on board) Subcircuit a placed instance of a library footprint