ReferenceDesigner

[EllieRye]

Though I am just trying to make a basic board with PBCEditor 15.7, I am having problems with thru-holes on my board. I am not sure if it is a padstack issue or something with the way I am defining the planes.

Thruhole Padstack (1.78 drill diameter):

BEGIN/INTERNAL/END: Pad: 2.78, Thermal: 2.78, Anti-pad: 3.5

In my layout, I create a plane on the Positive GND layer with Shape->Rectangle, set the class to Etch and subclass to GND, draw the rectangle, and associate it with the net Gnd.

My expectation is that Thermal Reliefs and Anti-pads will be drawn on the GND layer accordingly based on whether they connect or not... but it seems that all layers are getting Regular pads drawn. Am I doing something wrong when adding my Etch rectangle? I get many DRC errors and things just don't look right.



Thanks for any help,

Megan

[vikas72]

Please send me the files at referencedesigner@yahoo.com. I should be able to check it and fix. Please export to version 15.2 before sending it.

Vikas

[EllieRye]

The problem was that I was using static shapes instead of Dynamic. Using dynamic fixed the issue.

Thanks!
Megan