On 08:21 AM 19/09/2002 +0200, Kulajew Waldemar said: >IMHO the problem is the design rules are mighty, but not mighty enough to >handle a rule like: >DesignRule|Manufactoring|SolderMaskExpansion -> scope [Via AND TopSolder]
The P99SE DRC system does not consider multi-layer entities as also existing on the various copper layers. This is why Kulajew's rule does not work. I have raised this with Altium on a number of occasions. It is a structural issue I gather. It is not a bug but a limitation of the underlying architecture. To us users, though, it is annoying. Selective tenting was not considered a major issue (if it was considered at all) when P99SE was developed, and the underlying concept that multi-layer objects are not part of the individual copper layers from the rules POV possibly predates that some time as well. I have not checked whether DXP is clever enough to know that a multilayer pad also exists on each copper layer but it does support selective tenting. Ian Wilson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
