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polygon fill up to edge and drill holes

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Was wondering how to have my gnd polygon fill fill up to the edge and

drill holes. I remember having asked this question years ago, but can't

find a way to search the newsgroup beyond the last year or so.

 

Thanks

 

 

  • "ae"  a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :

    j092ra$9uc$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

     

    Was wondering how to have my gnd polygon fill fill up to the edge and

    drill holes. I remember having asked this question years ago, but can't

    find a way to search the newsgroup beyond the last year or so.

     

    Thanks

     

     

     

     

    In the DRC, set the distance copper/dimension to 1 mil

    On your polygon, set the thermals off

     

    Jerome

     

    PS: it's not a good idea to have copper close to the physical edge of a

    board (risk of shorts at manufacturing)

     

     

  • in reply to jeromeabcpcb

    On 2011-07-21 13:49:03 +0200, Jerome said:

     

    "ae"  a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :

    j092ra$9uc$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

     

    Was wondering how to have my gnd polygon fill fill up to the edge and

    drill holes. I remember having asked this question years ago, but can't

    find a way to search the newsgroup beyond the last year or so.

     

    Thanks

     

     

     

     

    In the DRC, set the distance copper/dimension to 1 mil

    On your polygon, set the thermals off

     

    Jerome

     

    PS: it's not a good idea to have copper close to the physical edge of a

    board (risk of shorts at manufacturing)

     

    Ok, that worked. Both sides of my board carry gnd, so shorts aren't a

    concern. It's nice to have fill up to the drill holes now. Eagle did

    complain when I set the drill distance to zero, but would the pcb fab

    complain if I did?

     

    Thanks!

     

     

  • in reply to Former Member

    On 7/21/2011 5:54 AM, ae wrote:

    On 2011-07-21 13:49:03 +0200, Jerome said:

     

    >> "ae" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :

    >> j092ra$9uc$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    >>

    >> Was wondering how to have my gnd polygon fill fill up to the edge and

    >> drill holes. I remember having asked this question years ago, but can't

    >> find a way to search the newsgroup beyond the last year or so.

    >>

    >> Thanks

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >> In the DRC, set the distance copper/dimension to 1 mil

    >> On your polygon, set the thermals off

    >>

    >> Jerome

    >>

    >> PS: it's not a good idea to have copper close to the physical edge of

    >> a board (risk of shorts at manufacturing)

     

    Ok, that worked. Both sides of my board carry gnd, so shorts aren't a

    concern. It's nice to have fill up to the drill holes now. Eagle did

    complain when I set the drill distance to zero, but would the pcb fab

    complain if I did?

     

    Thanks!

     

    as mentioned in another thread, the fab might get confused and "guess"

    that those holes be plated. whether this is a problem, I couldn't say.

    usually the purpose of using a hole rather than via is to /avoid/ an

    electrical connection...