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Copper plane with complex shapes

albertopv
albertopv over 7 years ago

Hello all,

I need to create a copper plane in a relatively complex shape for my actual design. I have tried without any success importing a .dxf File with the shape description, as the tool only seems to work properly with outlines and not with surfaces.

The shape is something similar to this:

Do you have any idea on how I could achieve this?

Thank you very much in advance! Slight smile

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  • cadpro2kk
    cadpro2kk over 7 years ago

    I add them all the time, mostly for relieving the next layer down copper for impedance requirement. It's pretty simple. When you add the 'shape/manual void' use the polygon. When adding, set the 'Segment type' to ARC, then start adding. You can make something like that quite easy.

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  • cadpro2kk
    cadpro2kk over 7 years ago in reply to cadpro2kk

    Adding the copper plane acts the same way. Set your 'segment type' to ARC.

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  • cadpro2kk
    cadpro2kk over 7 years ago in reply to cadpro2kk

    Adding the copper plane acts the same way. Set your 'segment type' to ARC.

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