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+5V copper pour not working.

phoenix710

First, thanks very much for a great package. I learned CAD tools in the

late 80s/early 90s (Omation and Tango). Your tool is a considerable value.

 

I've completed my first board, but have a single issue that I haven't been

able to resolve from this forum or googling generally: what is the

procedure to produce a power plane?

 

I have successfully used the POLYGON for the GND net; it works as expected

and connects GND pads to the plane with a thermal. The GND plane is the

bottom of a 2-layer board.

 

The issue is that I haven't been able to do the same thing for my +5V net

(which I want for the top layer). Using the same procedure as for the GND

POLYGON, I get the following error when attempting to name the POLYGON:

 

Invalid wire width: '+5V'

(valid range 0..7874.01575 mil)

 

The wire width is set at 30 mils, which should easily be in range. (And,

this is the value that I used successfully for the GND POLYGON.)

 

What have I overlooked? I'm assuming that a POLYGON can be named to any

net, so I expect that that is not the problem, but I'm stymied on what the

issue is.

 

Thanks.

Dave

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  • On 06/08/2012 12:57 PM, David Dozier wrote:

    ...

    The issue is that I haven't been able to do the same thing for my +5V net

    (which I want for the top layer). Using the same procedure as for the GND

    POLYGON, I get the following error when attempting to name the POLYGON:

     

    Invalid wire width: '+5V'

    (valid range 0..7874.01575 mil)

     

    Just off hand, it looks like the "change width" command was still

    active.  Try typing "name" in the command line, then click the polygon

    outline.

     

        - Chuck

     

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  • On 06/08/2012 12:57 PM, David Dozier wrote:

    ...

    The issue is that I haven't been able to do the same thing for my +5V net

    (which I want for the top layer). Using the same procedure as for the GND

    POLYGON, I get the following error when attempting to name the POLYGON:

     

    Invalid wire width: '+5V'

    (valid range 0..7874.01575 mil)

     

    Just off hand, it looks like the "change width" command was still

    active.  Try typing "name" in the command line, then click the polygon

    outline.

     

        - Chuck

     

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  • in reply to dukepro

    Chuck:

     

    Selecting the polygon is a bit clumsy, but I was finally able to

    right-click, then pull up the context menu that contains the NAME command.

    (Using the NAME command in the command line didn't work, or at least I

    couldn't find a combination that worked.)

     

    That got the pads connected to the power plane. There is now another issue

    in that the right 1/3 of the board is isolated. (That is, the pour didn't

    fill a third of the board.) Hopefully, I can find a clear path in order to

    guarantee that the +5V net fills the (now) empty section.

     

    Thanks much, your hunch appears to have answered the original question.

     

    Dave

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