Robison Michael R CNIN wrote: > my questions: > > 1. the dark green i'm seeing represents the "negative", or holes, in the > power plane, correct?
Yes > > 2. after simply drawing the keepoutlayer back in, i am not seeing the > dark green power plane void outside the keepoutlayer. does this mean > that i still have the power plane running right to the board edge? Yes - the power planes extend to the edge of the universe :-) The keepout boundary has no effect on them. > > 3. without a keepoutlayer do the planes extend right to the board edge? Far beyond it. > > 4. how do i recess the power and ground planes back in a few mils on > this board? Draw tracks on the plane layers, on or inside the board boundaries, to keep the copper of that plane away from the edges. > > 5. can i visibly see the planes recessed back from the card edge in protel > or do i need to generate gerbers and use camtastic to do that? If you put tracks around the edges you will see them in Protel. -- Peter Bennett TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada GPS and NMEA info and programs: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/index.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
