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 Voids areas on plane that won't go away 

Last post Sat, Dec 1 2012 2:07 AM by jemarods. 4 replies.
Started by TH Designs 30 Nov 2012 10:30 AM. Topic has 4 replies.
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  • Fri, Nov 30 2012 10:30 AM

    • TH Designs
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    Voids areas on plane that won't go away Reply

    In the attcahed picture I have some void areas in the gnd plane that I can not get rid of. I have tried turning all colors on to see if there was somthing hiding there, but nothing shows up. Screen redraws and closing / re-opening board file have no effect.

    What are these mysterious areas and how do I get rid of them?

    Tom


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  • Fri, Nov 30 2012 10:41 AM

    • TH Designs
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    Re: Voids areas on plane that won't go away Reply

    Answering my own question. Found put that these shapes are "voids" and going to Shape - Manaul Void/Cavity - Delete allows me to select and delete each one.

    This was an area where we changed the connector type. I suppose these voids were left overs from something. I surely didn't put them in...........

    Hopefully this is the last problem for the day............

     Tom
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  • Fri, Nov 30 2012 11:03 AM

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    Re: Voids areas on plane that won't go away Reply
    You may have had some isolated (unassigned) copper shapes with the previous connector type and used Shape>Delete Islands to get rid of them. Shape>Delete Islands draws manual voids for the isolated shapes to remove them.
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  • Fri, Nov 30 2012 11:08 AM

    • TH Designs
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    Re: Voids areas on plane that won't go away Reply

    Once again OM, you are right on target. I didn't think of that. The previous part had 2mm lead spacing and there were islands between the pins that I deleted.  This must have been left over artifacts from that island removal.

    I have to say though, you'd think the software would take care of them. For that matter, you'd think it wouldn't leave islands in the first place.

    Have a great weekend!

    Tom
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  • Sat, Dec 1 2012 2:07 AM

    • jemarods
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    Re: Voids areas on plane that won't go away Reply

     You can also try this:

     close all layers

    open only "boundary" for that layer

    then delete the shape

    then update your plane

    then those voids would be gone for sure,

     
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