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Polygon Connect Style Rule
« on: January 12, 2018, 08:45:19 pm »
How to make rule to make polygon 'Direct Connect' to exact pad ?
 

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Re: Polygon Connect Style Rule
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2018, 09:54:37 pm »
Apply a Pad Class to the pad, create a polygon connect rule that targets that pad class.  Make sure that the priorities are set so that this rule overrides the default.

Alternatively you might be able to us an InComponent AND InNet rule or something to get the pad you want.  Really there are lots of ways to do it, just depends on if you actually need to do it once, or are doing it for the same pin on multiple parts but in the same net, or whatever.
 
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Re: Polygon Connect Style Rule
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2018, 10:05:39 pm »
made new pad class named xx for pads I need and in polygon connect rule InPadClass ('xx')
 

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Re: Polygon Connect Style Rule
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2018, 01:02:53 am »
Example, pin 6 of U109 can be selected with:
IsPad AND (Name = 'U109-6')

This is less general than the Pad Class method ajb suggested.  If U109 number ever gets changed by annotation, the above rule will break (or, worse yet, be applied erroneously to another component).

I'm not sure offhand under what conditions a Pad Class will become forgotten (updating a component from library? changing footprint?), but it has limitations as well. Be vigilant.

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