Metalisation of PCB in Protel DXP

[abionnnn]

Does anyone know a way to do this? I would like to metalise the unused areas and tie them to ground. I've looked through a lot of the options and none of them seemed to help!

Thanks in advance

 

[House_Cat]

What you are looking for is called a polygon pour. You can specify the net that you want the copper connected to, the space and shape around traces and pads connected to other nets, whether or not to remove unused copper, etc.

Look in the help files for Polygon. If you want to exclude areas from copper, just set up keepout shapes, outlines, etc - the polygon will avoid those areas.

 

[nikifena]

click to Place polygon plane



If you don't have this button, right click to buttons up in pcb document, and select Wiring

after you make your choise how to be metalized board, press OK and select area.
It's easy

 

[abionnnn]

Metalisation of PCB in P*otel DXP

Thank you both for your help, but I have one last question.

If I select no hashing will it still have the plating? It doesn't seem to draw it solidly...

 

[nikifena]

hm.. there was any way.. but....
I forgot now
but you cat try to make bigger hash lines, than all will be solid (maybe)

 

[House_Cat]

When you choose "place polygon pour", you will see on the popup menu two choices - one is grid size, and the other is trace size. Choose a trace size that is just slightly larger than the grid size, and you won't have any gaps in the fill. The traces are centered on the grid, so if they are smaller than the grid, you have an open mesh instead of a solid fill.