At 09:41 AM 4/18/2002 -0500, Robison Michael R CNIN wrote: >thanks for responding. but i'm not exactly sure about >what you mean when you say polygon planes don't connect >to "other" nets. is the fill connecting to every thru- >hole within its boundaries?
Yes. A "fill" is a bit misnamed. It is essentially the same as a big rectangular *pad*, except that it does not have a pad name. Protel, if it can, creates, in the gerber, a single rectangular flash of the appropriate size for a fill, and such fills will be imported from gerber as pads.... >actually a polygon plane is what i intend to use in the >end, because the area is fairly irregular. the reason >i started with the fill is that i thought it was easier >to experiment with and that whatever electrical charac- >teristics it had would be exhibited by the polygon plane >also. No. You want a polygon plane, sometimes also called a copper "fill," but more often a "pour." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
