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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:09 PM
Subject: [PEDA] vias vs. pads
The differences between vias and free pads are artificial.
Vias in Protel 99SE are essentially free pads with the following
limitations:
(1) Vias cannot have names
(2) Vias cannot be any shape
Vias also don't have thermal reliefs like pads. (This works in PCAD,
though).
That was an old version of Protel. Currently Vias get connected
automagically to a power plane having the same net name using the connect
style for that net.
Rob
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At 09:23 AM 11/13/01 -0500, Sean James wrote:
Vias also don't have thermal reliefs like pads. (This works in PCAD,
though).
It also works in Protel. Relief/Direct Connect is set for both pads and
vias through Design/Rules/Manufacturing.
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