I'll usually move them to another mech layer, and change them to a 1mil track 20mil spacing. That way they're dimly visible, but don't interfere with layout. Helps to make sure you don't cross the wrong plane type ...
-- Dean Carpenter deano at areyes com 94TT :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:08 PM Subject: RE: [PEDA] Analysing ground on large Polygon Pours. Igor, Sorry for the late response, I was attending the PCB Design Conference last week. The solution I mentioned does not hide tracks, vias nor pads, it will only hide the ratsnest for an unrouted net. As for polygons on board revisions, I commonly will select and move polygons a known distance outside of the board outline. Then move them back to their previous location after edits are complete and repour them. This eliminates the DRC highlighting and repouring issues when editing an existing board. Sincerely, Brad Velander Senior PCB Designer Northern Airborne Technology 1925 Kirschner Rd., Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 fax (250) 762-3374 -----Original Message----- From: M P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [PEDA] Analysing ground on large Polygon Pours. Brad, The question of analyzing GND came up on the forum several times and I always thought it has to do with DRC as I never saw what other people described. Thanks for clearing this out. With polygon pours I agree with you if the new board is made. If a modification of the existing board is done I prefer to keep existing polygons and repour them at the end. There are other techniques, like hiding the net. But hiding the net would hide all tracks of the hidden net, such as fan-out tracks on the top/bottom layer, which I prefer to keep visible. Regards, Igor ____________________________________________________________ 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]
