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Thermal pad

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Edit slide getting closed over 1 year ago

Hi, 

We using 17.4. Our application Temprature sensor based. How to create thermal Via? 

Please help on this error : BEGIN LAYER:  Anti pad size is equal to or smaller than the regular pad size.  This may cause DRCs.

Kinldy support. 

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    0 VVRD over 1 year ago

    regarding the error, please ask your pcb manufacturer how much anti pad size should be more than via pad size, usually it will be 5-10mils greater than pad size.

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