[PEDA] Polygon Connect question

2004-01-15 Thread Tim Fifield
It appears that my polygons are in direct connect mode when my design rules state that they are in relief mode. Is there something I'm missing? Tim Fifield * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: *

[PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Drew Mills
Hi all, I completed the layout of a small PCB (99SE) designed for enclosure in a moulded case, then realised I needed an additional hole for mechanical locking. So I added a free pad, with no copper - just the correct hole size. Everything looks good in PCB, but now, when I output the gerber

Re: [PEDA] Strange Power Plane Connection

2004-01-15 Thread Edi Im Hof
At 17:30 14.01.2004 -0500, you wrote: At 02:06 AM 1/14/2004, Juha Pajunen wrote: Pleace see this file: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/protel-users/files/junk/PLANE_ERROR.jpg You are seeing a composite display, not just the plane. You can tell because, inside one of the thermal reliefs, there is a

[PEDA] annular ring or diameter difference?

2004-01-15 Thread Leo Potjewijd
Help! It may just be my memory playing tricks (already pulled over 40 hours this week), but I thought that the annular ring design rules used the same math (i.e. the difference between the radii) for both pads and vias. During rework of a project that should have been at the fabhouse last week,

Re: [PEDA] Using Protel 99SE with Xilinx 6.1i Project Navigator

2004-01-15 Thread Ray Mitchell
At 06:14 PM 1/14/2004 -0600, you wrote: Ray Mitchell wrote: Hello, In the past I've developed my Xilinx FPGAs by creating a schematic in Protel 99SE, generating a netlist in Xilinx XNF 5.0 format, then compiling the XNFs using the Xilinx 3.1i application. To be compatible with the newer

Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Igor Gmitrovic
Have you got x and y pad sizes same as the hole size? And untick the 'Plated' box. Regards, Igor -Original Message- From: Drew Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2004 2:54 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: [PEDA] Gerber output problems Hi all, I completed the

Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Harry Selfridge
You don't say whether or not you added the hole after you first ran a set of Gerbers. If you went back after generating a Gerber set, did you remember to generate a new aperture file that includes the hole definition? Try selecting the pinprick you mention and see what D code is assigned,

Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Drew Mills
Well my problem is solved, but I still cannot explain why. The pad was on the top layer, instead of multilayer as I intended. Changing to multilayer and re-generating the gerbers sorted it. I would have thought though that it doesn't matter what layer the pad is on, so long as a hole size is

Re: [PEDA] Strange Power Plane Connection

2004-01-15 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:01 AM 1/15/2004, Edi Im Hof wrote: [I had written:] By the way, it appears you have vias thermally relieved. That is probably not the best practice, it is better to set a design rule so that all vias are direct-connect. Vias do not generally need thermal relief, and direct connection has

Re: [PEDA] annular ring or diameter difference?

2004-01-15 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 01:11 PM 1/15/2004, Leo Potjewijd wrote: Help! It may just be my memory playing tricks (already pulled over 40 hours this week), but I thought that the annular ring design rules used the same math (i.e. the difference between the radii) for both pads and vias. Some of the Protel documentation

Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:12 PM 1/15/2004, Drew Mills wrote: Well my problem is solved, but I still cannot explain why. The pad was on the top layer, instead of multilayer as I intended. Changing to multilayer and re-generating the gerbers sorted it. I would have thought though that it doesn't matter what layer the

Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Thomas
-Original Message- From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 13:30 To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems The Protel programmers didn't anticipate that you'd have a surface pad with a hole, it seems. If you

Re: [PEDA] Gerber output problems

2004-01-15 Thread Terry Creer
What!? How are single sided through hole boards supposed to be done then? We just use Multilayer pads and uncheck plating when doing single sided boards. Every manufacturer I've come across has no problem with this. TC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post

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