I've recently been tasked to clean up and re-organize the whole library and found that there are multiple different naming conventions used for pad designs.
As allegro does not recognize "." there seems to be quite a problem when creating pads using millimeters instead of mils.
Here are some of my ideas for pad naming conventions:
rectangle pads (replacing "r" with "s" for square pads)
r0_6mmx1_6mm.pad
r161x30.pad (in mils)
circle pads ("p" for plated while "np" for non-plated)
c2_4mm_p1_2mm.pad
c2_4mm_np1_2mm.pad
c60p45.pad (in mils)
c60np45.pad
Any suggestions/sharing of experiences are most appreciated
Ken