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Creating a Placement Keepout for through hole components

Does anyone have an idea on how to create a placement keep out for through hole components only? My dilema: We will place all components on the bottom side of the board. In one area I do not want any leads sticking through on the top side of the board. If I put a placement keep out on the bottom side of the board it will keep out surface mount parts too, these are allowed.

The only way I can see this working is to set a height restriction on the top side, but then I would have to build the lead length into all of our through hole components. Before taking on that task I would like to see if someone out there has a better solution :-)

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DawnC over 12 years ago

Thank you for the suggestion. This is pretty much what we have right now. I was trying to make it an error, in case the note was overlooked.

I have opened a ticket with Cadence to see if they might have a work around.

Thank you again!
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DawnC over 12 years ago

Thank you for the suggestion. This is pretty much what we have right now. I was trying to make it an error, in case the note was overlooked.

I have opened a ticket with Cadence to see if they might have a work around.

Thank you again!
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