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John Baraclough
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 18 Sep 2014 : 17:32:44
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I have a small board with power connectors which I wanted to have six-spoke 25 thou isolation whilst the normal PTH components should have four-spoke 15 thou isolation. I created a pour within a pour and the inner one had the correct six-spoke isolation until the outer one was poured. Then additional thinner spokes appeared.
I solved the problem by taking the inner pour to the edge of the board so that it wasn't surrounded by the outer one and they were separate entities. However, I wondered if there was a solution using a pour-keepout area and then creating the second pour inside it.
I haven't tried this solution, but just wanted to ask how others do it.
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edrees
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Sep 2014 : 17:42:07
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Hi John,
I don't think that there's a "wholly right" way of doing many things. The main point is that you resolved the issue by one way or another by using the tools available to you. We will all have our our preferred way of doing things, and we'll all face unusual requirements from time to time. Hopefully we keep learning new techniques! |
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John Baraclough
United Kingdom
129 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2014 : 20:37:16
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Hi Ed,
Thanks. That solution works for me but I wondered if there was a better way.
I guess multiple copper-pour areas on different sections of the PCB (with none inside any other) is probably the right way. Is there a way to pour all copper-pour areas with one click?
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Edited by - John Baraclough on 18 Sep 2014 20:38:10 |
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Iain Wilkie
United Kingdom
1020 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2014 : 14:19:48
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John,
Easy, with no pour area selected simply select the pour button, a dialogue will pop up and you will note that the selection will be [different], simply click the ok and all copper pours will be poured as per any order number set up in the individual pour areas.
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John Baraclough
United Kingdom
129 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2014 : 17:37:34
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Hi Iain,
Thanks, that works.
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Iain Wilkie
United Kingdom
1020 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2014 : 20:33:19
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I use it all the time..... If you have multiple pours you can unpour all, do a mod, and then repour all in one swift move .... Very handy.
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Copper pour isolation