[SOLVED] Altium Designer: How to change footprint pad from direct connect to thermal

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I am new to Altium Designer, and have a question on Thermal pad connections. I have my design preferences set to direct connect for planes (which I want), but there is at least one component which must have thermal connects instead of direct connects. Is there an easy graphical way to edit/change a pad connect type in Altium?

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Nevermind...I figured out how to do it. Altium is rules-based, and I found out how to create a new rule to force a polygon connect style to thermal based upon which net (in this case, GND), and which footprint the rule applies to. Everything worked out well. Hope this helps someone else.
 
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