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Question about Ground Planes in Circuit Stuido

alienjack
alienjack over 6 years ago

Hello, I am new to Circuit Studio. I have a few technical questions about the program that I can't seem to find answers for on line. The first one is... how do I connect a pad, either through hole or SM, to a ground plane?

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  • tarribred61
    tarribred61 over 6 years ago +1
    Hi, That is a pretty general and basic question. Have you searched for an gone through some of the tutorials? Circuitstudio has some and also some for Altium Designer might help you. Maybe start at this…
  • e14softwareuk
    e14softwareuk over 6 years ago in reply to alienjack +1 suggested
    Hi Jack. In addition to Thomas's suggestion I would also recommend watching the tutorial videos that are on this site if you are new to CircuitStudio and want to get up to speed quickly. Getting Started…
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  • tarribred61
    0 tarribred61 over 6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    That is a pretty general and basic question. Have you searched for an gone through some of the tutorials?  Circuitstudio has some and also some for Altium Designer might help you.

     

    Maybe start at this link below or find some others....

    From Idea to Manufacture - Driving a PCB Design through CircuitStudio | Online Documentation for Altium Products

     

    Other sites and even other PCB design software may describe the basics

     

    When you are in the PCB design (as opposed to schematic design) you would use a via to connect an outer layer pad to a ground plane on an inner layer.  If you instead mean a ground flood on an outer layer then you would place a net to connect these.

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  • tarribred61
    0 tarribred61 over 6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    That is a pretty general and basic question. Have you searched for an gone through some of the tutorials?  Circuitstudio has some and also some for Altium Designer might help you.

     

    Maybe start at this link below or find some others....

    From Idea to Manufacture - Driving a PCB Design through CircuitStudio | Online Documentation for Altium Products

     

    Other sites and even other PCB design software may describe the basics

     

    When you are in the PCB design (as opposed to schematic design) you would use a via to connect an outer layer pad to a ground plane on an inner layer.  If you instead mean a ground flood on an outer layer then you would place a net to connect these.

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