I think that "somewhere" there is a "Fanout" command provided with versions following Protel 99 SE, which can be used to route connections between surface mount pads and Internal Plane layers, but I'm not sure offhand if such a command is also provided with Protel 99 SE. (Check out the functionality provided by the autorouter?)
In the event that such a command is not provided though, you would need to route such connections yourself. To connect each SM pad to an Internal Plane layer, you would need to add a track (on the same layer as each pad concerned) and a via (with the via located at one end of that track and the pad at its other end). Sorry if that sounds obvious, but that track and via *are* required, and regardless of whether you provide them yourself or whether they are otherwise provided by some command. (And unlike in versions before Protel 99 SE, vias *can* connect to Internal Plane layers; it is no longer necessary to use through-hole pads instead to connect to those layers.) Regards, Geoff Harland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jakub M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Question about power planes > I have put Split Plane polygons and assigned created regions to desired > nets but looking at pins that should be connected to them (DGND for > example) I don't see that they are; there are still "gray lines" > indicating that those pins should be connected together... > > Geoff Harland napisał(a): > >> Jakub M. wrote: > >> > >> > >>> [PROTEL 99] > >>> > >>> I want to create a power plane and a ground plane (split into analog and > >>> digital ground). How to connect SMD pins with appropriate plane? It > >>> doesn't connect automatically. > >>> > >> When the appropriate layer has a closed boundary with > >> lines, you can assign a net to this closed region and > >> then it connects automatically to a pin placed to the net. > >> > >> Rene > >> > > > > That is normally true in the case of post-Protel 99 SE versions. For > > versions up until Protel 99 SE though, it is necessary to place "Split > > Plane" polygons on Internal Plane layers in order to define regions on such > > layers within which the Net property differs from the "default" Net property > > for the layer concerned. > > > > Regards, > > Geoff Harland. ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
