Tim Fifield wrote: > I have a few square thru-hole pads on a PCB, but when I set up a design rule > to create a rectangle clearance on the GND plane it still produces a > circular clearance so the corners of the pad are still touching the GND > plane. > > Filter Kind is Pad Specification. > Hole, XY dimensions match. > Rectangle box is checked. > > Am I missing something?
It seems Protel only supports round pads on inner layers. Forcing a rectangular pad onto the inner layers results in this problem. I know of no way to get a rectangular clearance on a power plane layer. Protel can pour copper around rectangular pads correctly on signal layers, if you must have them. Why do you need a rectangular pad on an inner layer. Mostly, they are used to visually mark pad 1 on the outer layers. Jon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
