Can I revert the copper areas in PowerPCB at once ?

[davorin]

Copper areas in PowerPCB

Is it possible to revert the copperplanes at once in powerpcb?

Hard to delete all little islands by hand after opening an existing design with pour manager applied (o;

 

[cjkao]

Copper areas in PowerPCB

setup-preferences-thermals
select remove isolate copper

 

[davorin]

Re: Copper areas in PowerPCB

Nope...doesn't remove the created outlines....

 

[cjkao]

Copper areas in PowerPCB

use modeless command "PO"
you'll see cooper pour outline select shape and delete it

 

[davorin]

Re: Copper areas in PowerPCB

That's what I'm doing now...select shape by shape and delete it (o;

 

[tanuki]

Re: Copper areas in PowerPCB

From Menu: select Edit --> Find...

In "Find By" pulldown select "Isolated Pour"

then delete selected shapes

 

[binu G]

Copper areas in PowerPCB

take care while usiing the copper pour.
the file may get corupted if some thing go wrong.
like database fail.this may make the job file not to load again. keep a backup also check the integrity of the database by typing "i" and enter. before make a save

binu g