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HELP - Horizontal Line Segment Width : 0.0000 Won't go away

NavyEE

I tried to create a shape around a pin to sink a few vias to a ground plane.  I inadvertently created the shape on a power plane layer.  I tried to delete the island that I had created on the power plane layer, but it left an outline of the shape as a 0 width line.

I try to Display-Status-Update to Smooth and I get the following error:

"1 dynamic shape is still out of date or empty.  Run Out of date shapes Report from Status dialog to identify them." 

There is no Out of date shapes Report in the Status dialog or anywhere else that I can find. 

When I click Shape-Select Shape or Void/Cavity and pick the power plane into which I accidentally drew the Ground Net shape, I can see the outline of the shape.  When I hover my mouse over the outline it tells me: "Horizontal Line Segment Width : 0.0000 Boundary VBAT Net name GND".  However, I cannot delete it.  It disappears when I deselect the VBAT shape.  I can also see the VBAT plane filling in inside the 0 width line, so it appears to be filling in around what it thinks is a trace, I guess.

So, that is the shape that is the dynamic shape that is out of date or empty, but I cannot seem to do anything to get rid of it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  • NavyEE
    I figured that I would just delete the layer in Layout Cross Section and start anew, but I cannot delete the layer because that 0 line width Dynamic Shape is preventing it.
  • SevenFortyOneB

    You could try a couple of things.

    first, try doing a database check: Select Tools->Database Check from the main menu.  Make sure you enable the "check shape outlines" option.

    If that doesn't clear things up, bring up the Color Dialog (Layer visibility window) and display just the "bound." subclass.  You should be able to see and select the offending shape's boundary (outline) and delete it.

     

  • fxffxf

    In the menu Display -> Color Visibility

    Under the Stack-up -> Conductor enable the "Bound." layer for the the VBAT subclass, click Ok to close the form.

    You should then be able to see the shape in question

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