At 01:02 PM 2/12/2002 -0800, Dwight wrote: >I think the problem is that this is an ambiguous situation. Keepouts only >prevent track from crossing -- you can have track on either side of it. Even >if it's a closed figure, you can have track inside. > So if a polygon & keepout area overlap, where does the polygon > "start" >from? Which part of the polygon should not pour?
The keepout, presumably, is a collection of tracks. The polygon pour will keep clear of each one of them and thus of all of them. Yes, if the tracks form a polygon, the pour may take place inside the polygon. If there is no inside primitive belonging to the polygon's net, dead copper removal will eliminate this part of the polygon, otherwise it will stay. It is fully defined. The only reason one would think that it wasn't would be from conceptualizing the keepout track figure as a polygon. To Protel, it isn't. (As I recall, there are some little nasties around what kinds of primitives will give the pour region a net connection, it is not entirely correct. But that is another story.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
