Is there no way to hide all non net connected vias in a copper poured layer?
I have a 6 layer board with a lot of vias, the way it looks to me its via*N right clicks, hide pad in layer, or worse, change to static, then hide pad in layer.
Not very efficient.
Hide all unconnected via rings in layers
Re: Hide all unconnected via rings in layers
Right-click on one of the Vias, choose Convert Via to Static in the pop-up menu and select All Vias in the fly-out menu. Then group-select most or all of the desired Vias first (Ctrl + left-click and/or drag select), right-click on one of the selected Vias and choose Hide Via Ring in Layer in the pop-up menu. That should perform the operation on all selected Static Vias. Maybe it will help a little.
Tom
Re: Hide all unconnected via rings in layers
I did that. It really is a bit of work though, something that could be automated better.
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yes, fully agree, it's really painful to have to do it.
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Just curious what does "hide Via Ring in Layer" achieve?
does it actually remove the ring or this is only for visual purpose?
Btw, i found a simple way to select all non-connected vias, I posted the steps here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12745
does it actually remove the ring or this is only for visual purpose?
Btw, i found a simple way to select all non-connected vias, I posted the steps here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12745
Re: Hide all unconnected via rings in layers
If you have a 4-layer board, you can remove the annular rings of signal vias in the inner layers. That way, you can have a large ground/power plane that is not broken up by signal vias.
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Thanks d1wang, I presume this would only work for stitching vias, i.e. via without net connected
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So I'm working on a HF PCB and this came up. For diff.pairs you can't do anything to remove the inner rings. That just sucks!
Diptrace(?) you have to fix this! Let me create custom via styles where this stuff is taken care of. And let me edit all vias regardless of them being static, single or in diff.pairs!
In the meanwhile, do anyone have useful hacks to fix this?
Diptrace(?) you have to fix this! Let me create custom via styles where this stuff is taken care of. And let me edit all vias regardless of them being static, single or in diff.pairs!
In the meanwhile, do anyone have useful hacks to fix this?
Re: Hide all unconnected via rings in layers
If you have finished routing the differential pair then, as a workaround, I suppose you could convert its vias to "Static" in order to give you the ability to hide the rings.
Tom