copper plating in PADS pcb

[vivek20055]

Hi,

I am designing a 4 layer pcb in PADS software.

I need to use copper plate for a connection in my design.

can anyone tell me what is plating????

And what is the need and use of plating for copper area or traces???



Regards,
Vivek Alaparthi

 

[kabaleevisu]

Hi vivek,
select Copper draw it in Top where You want and then copy in soldermask layer in same location (that means soldermask opening )

In your design may be has high current in this connection so that only they prefer copper platting and for shielding purpose copper plating is used