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• FAQ: PCB Layout
  ''How would you delete little islands in ground plane (we want to keep 2 islands then to delete the rest).'' ...if you like. Please see in menu '''Actions/Ground planes/ Generate Ground Plane:'''
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• FAQ: Autorouter and Autoplacer
  ...ent of the aura of more than 0 mm. On 4times multilayer circuit board with ground planes, set the mounting holes (plated-through holes with width and height
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• Torus
  '''Aura:''' Width of the spacing between torus and an automatic ground plane. The torus is also drawn in the according deletion layer. The aura is added
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• Text
  == Text in ground plane ==
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• Via
  ...r>'''No aura for these Layers:''': If a via shall be connected to a ground plane on a certain layer (maybe an inner layer), its aura gets the value zero on
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• Teardrop
  A ground plane which had been already generated is updated and displayed in realtime.<br><
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• Edit elements
  '''Example:''' Aura in Ground Planes:<br> ...you set the aura of the signal GND to zero for to connect it to the ground plane), you should leave the aura at pads and vias for three reasons:
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• Check project
  ...play of its signal name, the signal name needs to be GND. Only the genuine ground symbol does not need a text. Just the signal name exactly needs to be GND. The signal name of the ground symbol and signal are different from "GND". But TARGET 3001! expects GND i
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• Print
  ...larity or for means of documentation it might be helpful not to have these ground lines printed. ...tely be faded in or out by the area-layer they are on. As soon as a ground plane is converted to lines it shifts to the copper-layer. A fading out here effe
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• Engraving insulation channels
  ''I want to have the letters "GND" milled into my ground plane. How to do so?'' ...er top you would like to have a logo made of lines being embedded into the ground. This logo shall not be cropped (in the sense of leaving the line embossed)
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• Current topics
  ...B_area|Groundplane]]</span>: Item "Entire PCB area" added to menu "Actions/Ground planes". Use the entire PCB area as a signal polygon. |<span class="plainlinks">[[image:polygon160.png|Polygonal ground planes|link=Signal_polygon]]</span>||'''<big>NEW since August 2017:</big>''
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• Layout
  *[[ground plane]]s calculated in real time
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• Reverse Engineering
  ...ng and its parts have nothing to do with conductive tracks, solder pads or ground planes. These elements have a multitude of circuit-related properties. But ...image from layers zero or layer 14. Decide if you want to create a ground plane now (maybe independently from the image).<br><br>
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• Introduction
  <small>Related topics: [[Groundplane|Ground plane]] [[Schematic router]]</small> [[image:Massefuesschen_e.jpg|530px|Place a ground symbol|left]]
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• Thermal Pads
  ...nnection. For example upon layer "Area Bottom 0" or "Area top 14" a ground plane (GND) is drawn. GND-signals running in this area do not have an aura, so th [[Image:ThermalPad1.jpg|none]]<br>Pad No. 9 is connected to the ground plane by its signal track (lighter red because highlighted for visibility). The f
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• Multilayer
  ...th the deletions which represent the auras = spacings of the tracks to the plane. They are put to the deletion layer. Now both layers need to be assigned to
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• Electra
  *Display of antigap shape on plane layer to visually verify plane hooks ...For instance, Route 2L supports two signal layers plus unlimited power and ground layers. All configurations include advanced rule support and mitering capab
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• Groundplane
  == General aspects on ground planes == ...carrying track is also reduced by embedding the track itself into a ground plane.<br><br><br>
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• Gridded groundplane
  ...ws) can occur during the production process. It is recommended to generate ground planes as a grid (exception: high-frequency designs).<br><br> ...lanes.jpg]] or in '''[[Menu Actions|Layoutmenu Actions]] / Generate Ground Plane'''.<br>
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• Groundplane assistant
  ...lanes.jpg]] or in '''[[Menu Actions|Layoutmenu Actions]] / Generate Ground Plane'''. First condition again is the fact that all signals have to be routed (t After activating the Ground plane assistant, you first get the following dialog:<br>
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• Generate a groundplane
  .../Create Thermal Pads". Pads whose signal tracks are embedded to the ground plane, receive two or three further ligaments. Result:<br><br><br> ...he ground plane assistant (menu "Actions/Ground planes/Generating a ground plane") and choose the tab in the middle:<br><br><br>
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• 3D-view of the layout
  For reasons of computing time the ground plane with it's grid structure on the bottom side is omitted.<br>
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• Menu Actions
  [[Star shaped ground|Define starshaped signals]]<br> [[Signal polygon|Draw signal polygon]] (ground plane = signal polygon)<br>
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• First steps
  ...class="inhalts-item">[[image:groundplane_ikone.jpg|link=Groundplane|Ground plane]]</div>
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• TARGET 3001! datasheet
  *real time ground plane computation *new hybrid autorouter floating ground planes calculated in real time
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• Remove groundplane islands
  ...ents occur, when parts of a ground plane get isolated from the main ground plane by it's surrounding signal tracks.<br><br> ...tick the box: "Delete islands". If you don't want to have a gridded ground plane but a solid one, set the "Grid spacing" zero.<br><br>
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• Spacing between GND copper and edge of the board
  ...istant: use option "Spacing to PCB edge" in tab "Create rectangular ground plane": * When creating freehand ground planes: use menu "Actions/Ground planes/Spacing to PCB edge...
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• The Dialog for STEP 3D Export
  ...s of the PCB body which can't be seen from outside are omitted. The ground plane is idle here but can be added later.<br> '''Output ground plane''':<br><br>
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• New in V15
  ...sual check of your groundplane make sure that you don't create unconnected ground islands!). ...hin the groundplane which means they get connected<br> - Externally of the plane the aura remains untouched<br> - signal tracks with a signal name different
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• RFID
  ...[Image:rfidtag.jpg]]<br>An RFID chip with antenna structure<br>on a ground plane.<br><small>Image source:[http://www.murata.com/new/news_release/2008/pdf/nr ...ur layout like a component from the database and embed them to your ground plane. <br><br>
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• Insert image
  ...now create a ground plane over the whole board on layer 16 (menu: Actions/Ground planes/Entire PCB area...), you will get the following picture: ...go embedded to a ground plane]]<br>Image: Copper logo embedded to a ground plane<br><br><br>
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• New in V16
  |[[Image:go.png]]||'''&#x2714; Ground plane calculation'''<br> Secure: No air wires remain when computing Groundplane i ...'&#x2714; Air wires accelerated'''<br> Quick: Air wire calculation in huge ground planes significantly accelerated and optimized
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• Signal polygon
  ...d plane is a signal polygon, but not all signal polygons are automatically ground planes. Any number of signal polygons can be created on one copper side. A *by menu item "6 Draw ground polygon" in menu "Elements"
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• Ligaments in a pad
  ...t is to avoid a "drain too quick" of soldering temperature into the ground plane. Because this might lead to "cold solder joints" (solder agens placed on th ...best thermal commodities. Adding ligaments here which lead into the ground plane reduce the sustain of temperature. For optical reasons it is done neverthel
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• New in V18
  ...on by improved incorporation of WEB contents. We sped up the conversion of ground planes by a new algorithm. We remain true to our principle of "Continuous D |[[Image:go.png]]||'''&#x2714; Handling of ground planes simplified
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• New in V19
  ...n order to dominate overlapping parts of other polygons having a different ground potential. ...n class="plainlinks">[[image:go.png]]||'''&#x2714; [[Signal polygon|Ground plane polygons]]</span>
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