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How to delete Board geometrty outline

true wanderer

Hi,

I have created the footprints for some particular components. I added outline for my footprints from "board geometry" class by adding rectangle instead of choosing line from the tan "Add". I want to remove that outline because our fabrication house advised to correct it. But i'm not able to delete the outline. I found that if i drew outline using line(from 'Add' tab) instead of rectangle, i could delete it simply by right clicking and choosing delete option. But i can't find delete option in my case. How can i delete the rectangular outline under the class board geometry?

Any help would be appreciated.

  • Check firstly which App mode you are in (so Setup - Application Modes - General Edit, the check the Find Filter tab to make sure that Lines, Shapes etc are on, then try the hover right click - Delete. You may also need to use the TAB key to cycle through what is selected. If it still fails after that make sure it is not Fixed.
  • i went through the above steps but outline can't be deleted. Delete option isn't available for outline. Is there any other option to delete it?
  • Try the Edit - Delete command, make sure Find Filter is All on and then click on the outline. If nothing happens look at the command line and see what Allegro is telling you. It could be fixed, it could have a locked property (if part of the symbol) but it will tell you why you can't delete it.

  • I would recommend; that if you use the board geometry in the part/symbol:

    I would edit the part and remove the outline on the part.

    Save, and create symbol, then go back to your board design and refresh the symbol.


    If you don't do this then every time you use that footprint in the future you will encounter this issue.

    Note: fix the root cause!

    Regards,

    Wild

  • Edit->delete works fine !!! thank you @steve @Wild

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