Polygons - automatic repour on error

This is a previous response that may deal with this issue.  Let us know if this clarifies things:

Currently CircuitStudio doesn't expose the pour order even though it is stored in the PCB file.

The larger outer polygons need to be created last because newer polygons are poured last in the pouring order.

To fix the board you will need to re-create the large outer polygon so that it pours after the others.

Open the PCB panel and choose Polygons from the drop down list.

Click <All Polygons> and then double click on the large polygon in the list of polygons names, e.g. TOP_GND

Write down the settings (or take screen capture), e.g.

Remove islands: 2 sq mm

Arc approx: 0.013mm

Necks: 0.127mm

Name: TOP_1V2_C_1

TopLayer

Net: 1V2_C

Pour over all same net objects

remove dead copper

Click the Outline Vertices tab at the top and click the Menu button > Export to CSV, name it, e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1

Cancel out of the dialog and click on the document tab to take the focus back to the PCB document

Press Delete to delete the polygon

Press the Home > Polygon button, change the Name e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1 and draw a small simple polygon anywhere on the board

Double click e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1 in the panel and ensure the correct Net is specified in teh Connect to Net setting.

Click the Outline Vertices tab

Menu > Import From CSV and double click on the CSV file e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1.csv

Click back to the Graphical tab

Ensure Is Poured is ticked and click OK

Click Repour Now

The Home > Polygon Pour > Repour All button should now repour the inner polygons before the new one you just created.

This is a previous response that may deal with this issue.  Let us know if this clarifies things:

Currently CircuitStudio doesn't expose the pour order even though it is stored in the PCB file.

The larger outer polygons need to be created last because newer polygons are poured last in the pouring order.

To fix the board you will need to re-create the large outer polygon so that it pours after the others.

Open the PCB panel and choose Polygons from the drop down list.

Click <All Polygons> and then double click on the large polygon in the list of polygons names, e.g. TOP_GND

Write down the settings (or take screen capture), e.g.

Remove islands: 2 sq mm

Arc approx: 0.013mm

Necks: 0.127mm

Name: TOP_1V2_C_1

TopLayer

Net: 1V2_C

Pour over all same net objects

remove dead copper

Click the Outline Vertices tab at the top and click the Menu button > Export to CSV, name it, e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1

Cancel out of the dialog and click on the document tab to take the focus back to the PCB document

Press Delete to delete the polygon

Press the Home > Polygon button, change the Name e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1 and draw a small simple polygon anywhere on the board

Double click e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1 in the panel and ensure the correct Net is specified in teh Connect to Net setting.

Click the Outline Vertices tab

Menu > Import From CSV and double click on the CSV file e.g. TOP_1V2_C_1.csv

Click back to the Graphical tab

Ensure Is Poured is ticked and click OK

Click Repour Now

The Home > Polygon Pour > Repour All button should now repour the inner polygons before the new one you just created.

Sorry but I think you've missed my point.

I've no problems repouring polygons, I just use the standard repour now and that resolves the issue.

To give an example, say I've created a board design, placed some tracks and then a polygon pour for a ground plane. All good.

I then decide to move a track slightly for some reason but this track now runs through part of the ground plane. CS will pop up a warning about the polygon needing repoured and asking me if I want to repour it now?

I can do this and all is fine. However, in Altium Designer there's an option to enable this to happen automatically i.e. repour the polygon without a popup asking me if I want to do this.

If is simply not available in CS as part of the deliberate crippling of the product to justify price points then that's fair enough but hte dialogue I mentioned above has a specific mention that this popup can be disabled in PCB Preferences so I assume that's either an error or the omission on the PCB preferences is an error.

OK...I will pass this on to the developers for a reply.

Much appreciated, thanks.

Hello Altium / element14 team,

will this be fixed in the next release?

- Either remove the link / text in the erronous pop-up OR

- Just add the missing "Always repour polygons on modification" in PCB preferences to solve it

Please let me know if you refuse doing it.

In this case I would like to refund my recently bought circuit studio license. It drives me crazy and the workaround published here is just a joke in my opinion (Is there an option to disable polygon repour popup?)