Turn off thermals on selected components

vidar vidnes schrieb:

I have a design with several press-fit connectors. For these to turn off

thermals would be a benefit. However, for other components which are

soldered, thermals are required.

Is it possible to turn off thermals for individual components but leave

them on for others?.

In such cases, I simply draw multiple (overlapping) polygons with

different "thermal" properties.

Tilmann

Yes, that is an option, but I would prefer something that did not involve tweaking or workarounds.
I have 5 pressfit connectors with 916 pin in total on a board with 14 layers. Many polygons in other words.

I will suggest (in suggestion group) adding an thermal option / checkbox to component info-window, but i fear that will require a major code rewrite.

Thanks

Vidar (Z)

Hi Vidar,

A thermal option checkbox for each component is probably a reasonable suggestion. In addition to this I was thinking possibly it could also be something that is specified as part of the library part? After all, that press fit connector will want to not have thermals wherever it is used, so that info should really be stored with the part in the library I would think.

Best Regards,

Rachael

rachaelp wrote:

 

A thermal option checkbox for each component is probably a reasonable suggestion. In addition to this I was thinking possibly it could also be something that is specified as part of the library part? After all, that press fit connector will want to not have thermals wherever it is used, so that info should really be stored with the part in the library I would think.

What I meant to say is you CAN specify this in the library as a specific through hole part as correctly mentioned by the subsequent poster as it's just a property of the pads in the package editor. It may still be useful to be able to turn this on and off at in the component properties dialog on a per component basis though as per your suggestion but not essential as it can be correctly specified in the part library.

rachaelp wrote:

 

A thermal option checkbox for each component is probably a reasonable suggestion. In addition to this I was thinking possibly it could also be something that is specified as part of the library part? After all, that press fit connector will want to not have thermals wherever it is used, so that info should really be stored with the part in the library I would think.

What I meant to say is you CAN specify this in the library as a specific through hole part as correctly mentioned by the subsequent poster as it's just a property of the pads in the package editor. It may still be useful to be able to turn this on and off at in the component properties dialog on a per component basis though as per your suggestion but not essential as it can be correctly specified in the part library.