You know how when you run your mouse pointer over a trace, all the pads, on the same net, light up either red or cyan, depending on if they are connected or not: Red for NOT connected, and Cyan for connected?
Well, I noticed that a couple of capacitors, sitting within the bounds of a Copper Pour, showed pads as Red, when, indeed, they were actually connected to the same net associated with the Copper Pour!
I attached a series of screen shots that hopefully tell the rest of the story.
Notice that in sshot04, I tried removing the direct trace connection to C6, to see if that made a different -- it did: both C6 and C7 display pads indicated as "not connected" based on their Red coloration -- even though they are connected -- as evidenced by the fact that a Net Connectivity test reports "No Errors Found". Also, as can be seen in the close-ups of that region [sshot02 & sshot03], the connections are clearly there.
Copper Pour Pad Connections Ignored in Mouseover Gui Color Coding
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Copper Pour Pad Connections Ignored in Mouseover Gui Color Coding
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- Verification that associated trace has name "GND" -- this is the net associated with the Copper Pour.
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- Removed trace going to C6 - now both C7 & C8 have red pads.
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- Close-up of coloration with no hovering Mouse Pointer
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- Close-up of color coding error.
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- Mouse pointer hovering over trace (Net name: GND), yet C7 has red pad.
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Last edited by ReverseEMF on 29 May 2019, 06:31, edited 2 times in total.
If left to evolution, would this PCB ever design itself, and what would the lead time be on that?
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Re: Copper Pour Pad Connections Ignored in Mouseover Gui Color Coding
The final 4 screenshots:
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- Fourth of 4 Copper Pour Properties shots. Showing bottom of Border Points list, thus revealing the rest of the point pairs (with overlap).
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- Third of 4 Copper Pour Properties shots. Showing top of Border Points list.
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- Second of 4 Copper Pour Properties shots.
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- First of 4 Copper Pour Properties shots.
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If left to evolution, would this PCB ever design itself, and what would the lead time be on that?
Re: Copper Pour Pad Connections Ignored in Mouseover Gui Color Coding
On my DipTrace installation:
Hovering over any pad, whether connected to a plane or trace, or unrouted, will show all the other pads on that same net as red.
Hovering over a trace will show connected traces and pads in cyan.
Hovering over a pour does not highlight any pads.
Hovering over any pad, whether connected to a plane or trace, or unrouted, will show all the other pads on that same net as red.
Hovering over a trace will show connected traces and pads in cyan.
Hovering over a pour does not highlight any pads.