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?
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?
See my reply on the other question you asked about PCB scoring. I think the element14 videos for CircuitStudio will go along way to answer some of your questions and help minimize frustration.
The basic answer to your question might be, once you define a copper pour area/shape on your layer you would configure it and assign a net name. You might first draw the lines, arcs and such as primitives and then select them and use the Polygon Pour menu to define a Polygon Pour from the selected objects.
Then select the pour shape and configure it as you want. This will take some experimentation for you at first.
To tie the component pads to the copper pour (or ground flood) you would need to specify how to connect as part of the rules. In that case, it would be the Polygon Connect Style type of rule. You might want a relief connect or direct connect or you can instead place nets to manually make the connection.
See my reply on the other question you asked about PCB scoring. I think the element14 videos for CircuitStudio will go along way to answer some of your questions and help minimize frustration.
The basic answer to your question might be, once you define a copper pour area/shape on your layer you would configure it and assign a net name. You might first draw the lines, arcs and such as primitives and then select them and use the Polygon Pour menu to define a Polygon Pour from the selected objects.
Then select the pour shape and configure it as you want. This will take some experimentation for you at first.
To tie the component pads to the copper pour (or ground flood) you would need to specify how to connect as part of the rules. In that case, it would be the Polygon Connect Style type of rule. You might want a relief connect or direct connect or you can instead place nets to manually make the connection.
