How to change board configuration after starting a layout.

[Sal Hernandez]

You can change the Board Configuration after you have started the layout. Select Design > Board Configuration shown below.

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Here you can change the following board features.

• Layer Count
• Power Planes (only available if a multi-layer board is selected)
• Solder Mask
• Silk Screen (only available if solder mask is selected)
• Material Thickness (only available on a 1 oz Cu, 2 layer board with solder mask)
• Fished Copper Weight (only available with a .062”, 2 layer board with solder mask)
• Lead Free (immersion silver)
• Quantity

After selecting the desired board parameters select ok to apply the changes.

Note: When changing Finished Copper Weight to 2.5 oz PCB123 we change the default space and trace to .013”. If you later decide to switch back to 1 oz Cu PCB123 will leave the trace and space set to .013”. To adjust this you can refer to the How to set PCB123 net width and spacing post.

[matthew.mcgill]

Does this mean you are not able to change the board size after you have started the layout on a board?

[Sal Hernandez]

You can changed the board size, but you can't do it from the board configuration. The following forum post explains how to edit the board outline.

how-to-edit-the-board-outline-t215.html