you scare me man thinking that you are design aircraft components and dont know how to use the progam I think you better fligt test it
Mike Reagan EDSI ----- Original Message ----- From: Robison Michael R CNIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Protel EDA Forum' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] keepoutlayer and planes ?? > thanks to everyone that posted on this. i understand > now. it would have been inconceivably horrible if we > had built and sold off on defective boards. these parts > go in navy planes. and they could have very possibly > passed functional testing and then started failing left > and right once the planes started vibrating them around. > thank god i don't design suspension bridges. ;-) > > there's irony there, i guess... you spend so much time > sweating the details and then you let some big gaping > bug in the design slip right past you. > > thanks again, miker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:00 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] keepoutlayer and planes ?? > > > technically and to be pedantic you should say Place Line (not track) > Dennis Saputelli > > Ian Wilson wrote: > > > > On 03:29 PM 8/11/2001 -0500, Robison Michael R CNIN said: > > >hello, > > > > > >my questions: > > > > > >1. the dark green i'm seeing represents the "negative", or holes, in the > > >power plane, correct? > > > > Correct > > > > >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? > > > > Keepout does not affect planes. > > > > >3. without a keepoutlayer do the planes extend right to the board edge? > > > > With or without the keepout - Yes, planes extend to the edge. > > > > >4. how do i recess the power and ground planes back in a few mils on > > >this board? > > > > Use tracks on the plane layer. The simplest method is to use select all > > the board outline tracks and the use the Paste Special to paste onto the > > current layer, changing the layer to each of the plane layers and > > pasting. Then de-select all the tracks on the board outline layer, > leaving > > only the tracks on the plane layers selected, and then globally change the > > selected track widths to double your backoff - so a 50 mil track gives a > 25 > > mil backoff. You can go a bit higher but usually not necessary. > > > > >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? > > > > Yes see point 4) > > > > Ian Wilson > > -- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Integrated Controls, Inc. > tel: 415-647-0480 2851 21st Street > fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
