Cool! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:04 AM Subject: [PEDA] Getting a polygone pour out of the way for updates
> I just wanted to share a tip for a difficulty that I've seen discussed > here > many times, just an alternative to the solutions presented here in the > past. > > I needed to make some modifications to a previously laid-out board which > had > ground pours on both sides of the board. Deleting the polygons and > recreating > them later was a problem because they had irregular shapes. All I did > was to > increase the width of primitives in the polygon to 2000 mils (yes, 2 > inches > wide). That leaves the polygon entirely intact and in place; in fact, I > can even > click or dblclk where it should be and have the polygon show up in the > selection list or open the appropriate dialog box. However, all other > "traces" (pun > intended!) of it are gone from the board, allowing me to push parts > around and > lay tracks at will, without green lights lighting up all over. When I'm > done, > I simply set the width back to the original 20 mils and allow the > rebuild. > Presto! The polygon is back just like it was, only now with all the > right > clearances on the new features. > > Hope this helps somebody. > > Steve Hendrix > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
