On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:23:43 -0400 Dan McMahill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:36:47AM +0200, Levente KOVACS wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have a question about dead polygons. I call dead polygon, which is not > > connected to any net. How can I remove them? They are not needed, just > > incrase the capacity. > > > > Furthermore, if I do "lookup connection to object", they are indicated > > as connected. > > > > See the attached picture as example. The things inside J6. > > > > ah. Those are actually part of your big polygon which probably is connected > elsewhere. The holes punched in a polygon by the pins/vias which do > not connect to it do not actully break up the polygon. It would be interestng > to implement some sort of 'island removal' as its called, but currently > PCB doesn't do that. > I allways need to retouch my pcb outputs. I retouch them with sketch. I use a program called pstoedit, to convert from .ps (postscript files) to .sk (sketch files). I open the .sk files in sketch, wixh is a CorelDraw-like program, and I do some modifications, like close all the holes (wich is a boring work), draw my logo in the board, and remove dead polygons. Then, I save the file as a .ps . Note that my fab accept only .ps files, so to me its ok. In a gerber file, I really have no idea how to do it...
