Hi folks,
I’m an absolut beginer in fritzing and fritzingfab.
I do many thinks by lerning by doing and trial and error.
After receiving the PCBs I was a bit … “angry” - okay about me
But now to my question: I want to install the 7805 upwards, but fritzing only “allows” lying.
So the 7805 creates the hole (for mounting the heat sink) on the PCB.
I tried many options (cancel only the 7805), than the holes for the pins are missing, the editor, but the hole is not removable.
How can I make the PCB without the hole (in my first try it destroyed a trace).
This is why the usual convention is to not have mounting holes in parts. To change the mounting hole you have to edit the part and make a new part. If you upload (upload is 7th icon from the left in the reply menu) the .fzpz file for the 7805 you are using (this appears to be SMD and I don’t see one in core parts) I can fix it up for you easily enough.
Correct you are I was misreading the photo. While I think there is already an upright part somewhere I can’t immediately find it so I modified the core part to do what you want:
if you select the 7805 in your sketch and click delete minus it will delete the part but leave the traces. You can then load and place this part and drag the ends of the wires to the pads to make the connections.
