What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Pastemask DRC? 16.6 Has Several New Enhancements!

28 Sep 2015 • Less than one minute read

The Allegro PCB Editor 16.6 Pastemask to Pastemask DRC now checks the ‘Package Geometry - Pastemask_Top’ shapes within the same symbol.

Read on for more details …

In Allegro PCB Editor, open a library symbol (e.g. pastemaskdrc.dra). Enable Pastemask DRC mode.

Setup – Constraints – Design Modes (Soldermask):

Open the Design Options (Soldermask) form and enter a value of 10 for Pastemask to Pastemask spacing:

Enhanced DRC now detects shape-to-shape spacing within same symbol:

I look forward to your feedback.

Jerry “GenPart” Grzenia