Polygon pour priority

Question

In Eagle when I had overlapping Polygons I could assign a priority, so there would be a precedence in them. It seems in Altium there is this too, but I cannot find it in Circuit Studio?

Basically I'd like to create a pour covering an whole layer, then have several smaller pours within that layer for specific things. I can't use a split plane as there are also some tracks on the layer.

It seems this is a pretty basic requirement yet it doesn't seem to be in there as far as I can tell.

e14softwareuk · Accepted Answer

There is an easier way (tested in CS 1.4), just right click on the polygon > Polygon Actions > Send To Back (or Bring To Front) to reorder. You will need to re-pour once they have been reordered.

denizb · Answer

Hi Jeremy,

I had the same problem today.

It seems that Tony's description is accurate that polygon priority goes by creation order and can not be changed by any interface.

Fortunately, I found an easier way, without exporting the whole polygon. It is sufficient to 'cut' the polygon with the lowest priority to the clipboard and then 'paste' it again. It seems that this automatically resets the polygon priority to lowest.

Hope this works for you.

Best,

Deniz

Polygon pour priority

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