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'''How to create a single sided board:'''<br> | '''How to create a single sided board:'''<br> | ||
*press '''[F3]''' for reaching the PCB view<br> | |||
*press '''[Ctrl]'''+'''[L]''' for setting '''l'''ayers<br> | |||
*select standard layer set : "single sided"<br> | |||
*set layer 16 Copper top to "Other"<br> | |||
*in case you use the autorouter prohibit routing on this layer<br><br> | |||
For autorouter use:<br><br> | For autorouter use:<br><br> | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 3 September 2013
A Layout is "Single Sided" if all signal leading copper tracks run on only one side of a board. Mostly the soldering side is chosen (in TARGET : layer 2, copper bottom). An example for a single sided layout please find in the TARGET 3001! Crash course.
How to create a single sided board:
- press [F3] for reaching the PCB view
- press [Ctrl]+[L] for setting layers
- select standard layer set : "single sided"
- set layer 16 Copper top to "Other"
- in case you use the autorouter prohibit routing on this layer
For autorouter use:
Press [F9] in the PCB view to start the autorouter (F9 in schematic view starts the simulation). Click on the upper TAB "Algorithm" and set 3 Passes (Disentangling) and 2 Passes (Optimization). The slider "Routing against the preferred routing of a layer" set 3/4 to "forbidden". The slider "Use of vias" leave in the middle between "forbidden" and "doesn't matter". Click on TAB "Route layers". Click on button "Default". Block the upper layer for routing of all layers. Only copper bottom must be allowed for routing without a preferred routing direction. Press the [Start]-button.
Minimum track width: in TAB Signals either select individual ones e.g. GND + VDD or all. By a doubleclick on a signal in the schematic set its minimum track width (for the routing in PCB mode) by the use of the Properties button let's say to 1 mm.