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Removing Thermal Reliefs at Vias

Removing Thermal Reliefs at Vias

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Removing Thermal Reliefs at Vias

    by Ron » Mon May 14, 2012 9:30 am

In my design, I am not using through hole parts, and I'd like to remove the thermal reliefs shown at the connections of Plane Layers (or Solder Pours)and Vias. Is this just specified in a Readme file attached with the .123 file, or can I reflect this in the tool? Thanks
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Re:Removing Thermal Reliefs at Vias

    by Sal Hernandez » Mon May 14, 2012 9:30 am

If you have assigned your inner layers as planes you do not have any control over the thermal reliefs that are automatically generated. If you need the thermal reliefs removed you will need to add a note to your order and you will also need to order through the PCB Full Feature.

I would suggest using a filled polygon in place of a plane. When a via connects to a filled polygon you get a connection without a thermal relief. Only component through holes and pins placed using the add pin tool are thermally relieved when connected to a filled polygon.

Please contact customer support if you have any questions. 1-800-228-8198
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Re:Removing Thermal Reliefs at Vias

    by Linda_I » Mon May 14, 2012 9:30 am

Another way to avoid thermal relief on inner layers is to: 1. Use area fills, not a plane layer 2. Run a fat trace from a pin, and wind it so it covers the thermal relief. The dangling end of the fat trace may come up as an error in DRC, but is ok 3. You can add thermal pins into large surface mount pads. Just select the pin Doughnut, and place pins in the pad 4. Right click on each thermal pin, and assign it to the same net as the pad. 5. Run fat traces over thermal releif. DRC might complain, but it works. The tool seems to fight putting the trace exactly where I want it, but it sometimes requires outsmarting the tool
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