Bob, Please see below,
JaMi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert M. Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Polygon Filled Planes . . . > This would confirm it for me, I was not really 100% sure I needed > to remove the big plane first for editing inner planes or whether it > was a problem with my system. > But the above 1&2 would then imply if I need to change > one of the small-inner pours I really do need to delete the outer first > then fix inner and fill it, then replace outer and fill it. > Usually the outer is an easy shape to recreate so this > should be less work than dealing with multiple planes > to fix one small inner plane. > If the big one is gone while editing the inners ones > it does seem to work very well. > Respecting whether or not you need to delete or move a "big plane" or "outer plane" so that you can work on some area, either an "inner plane" in your case, or simply some traces or component placements or something similar, I have found the following little "trick" very effective. Notwithstanding that there is a "plow through planes" option somewhere, when I am working with a Polygon Plane on a signal layer, and I temporarily need some "space" around the area that I am working so that I can move or add something, or do some other editing, I simply "select" a "track" segment of some different net than the Polygon that is in the area on the same layer, and temporarily change its width to gargantuian, say 500 mils or 1000 mils. I then "repour" the large Polygon, which will now "repour" around the large track segment. I then go back and reset the track segment to it's original size, and this gives me a large open hole in the middle of the Polygon Plane where I can now work unobstructed. When I am all done, I do a final "repour" of the original Polygon which will now fill in around the area that I was working in. While this may sound like a lot of work or steps, it really isn't, and it opens up the Polygon so that I can work on it where I need to, and also see things on other layers that woulf otherwise be obscured, and it should also work well for your situation of a small inner Polygon Plane also. Hope this is of help, JaMi * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
