>Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>
>> The cross hatch area may also be a no-go area to allow for tweezer
handling
>> of the component.
>
>Since they don't give any dimensions for that area, it's really hard to
>imagine what they thought. Maybe consider asking their support?

Yeah, I think it is essentially being done to show the "hole" in the
soldermask, for a device longer than their diagram.

While on this subject, does anyone know of a website which gives
pad/soldermask dimensions for the JEDEC standard footprints (or Euro
equivalents)?

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