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PCAD import bug - all s/m pads marked as multi-layer

PCAD PCB import appears to work but all surface mount pads are assigned as multi-layer. Apart from the tedious method of correcting all the pads one by one, has anyone found a work-around?

0 e14softwareteam over 8 years ago

Looking into this...

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0 rfgeek over 8 years ago

Ran into your same problem. You can speed things up a bit using the filter and Object Inspect. While looking at your PCB design do the following:

1. From the "View" tab select "Filter" on top ribbon.
2. Under "Objects" panel select "Pad".
3. Now you can only select pads. Start selecting all the pads for components on the top (or bottom) layer using the <SHIFT> key.
4. Select "Object Inspector" on top ribbon.
5. From "Object Specific" panel select the "Layer" line. Change "Multi-Layer" to "Top Layer" from the pull down.

You still have to figure out which parts are on top/bottom layers and assign the pads accordingly but this is much quicker than selecting each pad and changing properties individually.

Hopefully they will get this sorted out on the next version of Circuit Studio.
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0 Former Member over 8 years ago in reply to rfgeek

Thanks for the tip, that makes it a bit less painful!
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0 e14softwareteam over 8 years ago

From the developers:

"Thank you for reporting this issue. We've reproduced and logged this. This will not be fixed in version 1.4 because it is too close, but will be considered for a future version."

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0 jamesharrimanaltium over 8 years ago in reply to rfgeek

In Step 3, you can also hold Ctrl key then click + drag to select all the pads within an area.

Best regards,

James Harriman
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