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Connecting mechanical pins to a ground plane

ddchar
ddchar 21 days ago

My board design contains a couple of instances of an SMA connector.  The Capture part defines only the center signal pin.  The footprint has this pin and four mechanical pins.  The mechanical pins also provide the signal return connection and should be connected to the ground plane.  What is the best way to make these connections?  Do I need to edit the Capture part and add the ground pins or is there a way to associate these with the ground plane in Presto?  Thanks.

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    0 Jeet 15 days ago

    Are you connect Mechanical pins present in a component in schematic to SMA connector pins also or ground plane ?

    Which version of the tool you are using ?

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    Are you connect Mechanical pins present in a component in schematic to SMA connector pins also or ground plane ?

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