Actually JaMi if you change the poly display to draft you can see that they are edge to edge tracks.
Ian Capps ----- Original Message ----- From: "JaMi Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Polygon Pour Problem (& do you know about this bug!?) > Actually I believe that it is just defaulting to a solid pour, and I am not quite > sure whether it is just pouring edge to edge, as someone else mentioned, or whether > it is doing a minimum overlap of one of two mils (could always find out by doing a > small polygon and then "releasing" it and then looking at the individual elements > and their locations). > > Even when grid is set to zero, I believe the pour is still made according to the > track width that you selected, which will still dictate the resolution (along with > smallest segment), which seems to be the deciding factor when it comes to the actual > size of the polygon by virtue of the number of elements in the pour. > > Now if setting the grid to zero would just fix the @#*&%$! Analyzing GND issue . . > . > > JaMi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Creer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Protel EDA Discussion List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:00 PM > Subject: RE: [PEDA] Polygon Pour Problem (& do you know about this bug!?) > > > > Ok - this is bizarre - I just tried that on a 800+kb PCB file with 2 large > > polygons - I changed the grid size to zero and it made the final PCB size > > 20kb SMALLER. > > > > Must be an 'undocumented feature' methinks... > > > > TC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Brooks,Bill > > Sent: Tuesday, 1 March 2005 6:06 AM > > To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List' > > Subject: RE: [PEDA] Polygon Pour Problem (& do you know about this bug!?) > > > > Doesn't that make your file size very large? > > Or is this one of those 'undocumented features'? > > > > > > Bill Brooks - KG6VVP > > PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I. > > Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 > > e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.dtwc.com > > http://pcbwizards.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:36 AM > > To: Protel EDA Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Polygon Pour Problem (& do you know about this bug!?) > > > > Hi Brad, > > > > >> Oh one tip for you, if you set your polygon grid size to > > >> "0", it will pour the track widths edge to edge every > > >> time giving you a solid polygon regardless of the track width. > > > > Oh! Very COOL - Haven't figured that in over 5 years! Have just checked this > > on 99SE and it works just fine. > > > > The artwork I used to test your 'tip' uses some fine dimensioning and > > pad/component placement. The outer limits of polygon pours were previously > > rather ragged in various places. > > > > Your 'tip' completely cleaned up these areas with no other changes. > > > > Regards, > > Jim Parr > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > To Post messages: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > To Post messages: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > To Post messages: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
