Properties page: Track Keepout Properties The following methods of non-graphical editing are available: Editing via the Properties Panel Click and drag the center handle to change the shape of the track.Click the end handles to reposition the end points of the track.When a track keepout is selected, the following editing handles are available: This method of editing allows you to select a placed track keepout object directly in the workspace and graphically change its size, shape or location. Press the Backspace key to remove the last vertex.In the first mode, the hollow track segment is referred to as the look-ahead segment. Press the 1 shortcut key to toggle between placing one segment per click or two segments per click.Hold the Shift key as you press to accelerate arc resizing. When in either of the arc corner modes, hold the , or.Press Spacebar to toggle between the two corner direction sub-modes.Press Shift+Spacebar to cycle through the five available corner modes.While placing keepout track segments there are five available corner modes, four of which also have corner direction sub-modes. When this option is enabled, changes made will affect only the object being placed and subsequent objects placed during the same placement session. While attributes can be modified during placement ( Tab to open the Properties panel), keep in mind that these will become the default settings for further placement unless the Permanent option on the PCB Editor – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog is enabled. Press the + and - keys on the numeric keypad to cycle forward and backward through all layers currently visible in the design.Alternatively, use the Shift+Ctrl+Wheel Roll combination to move through the routing layers each notch of the mouse wheel will move to the next (or previous) available signal layer. If performing track keepout placement, a via is automatically added at each signal layer change in accordance with the defined drill pairs and the applicable Routing Via Style design rule. Press the * key to cycle through the available signal layers.Click the workspace pause button overlay ( ) to resume placement. Press the Tab key to pause the placement and access the Keepout - Track mode of the Properties panel from where its properties can be changed on-the-fly.
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Right-click or press Esc to end the current series of connected track keepout segments.Īdditional actions that can be performed during placement are:.Continue to position the cursor then click or press Enter to anchor a series of vertex points that define the series of connected track keepout segments.Move the cursor to define the track keepout segment then click or press Enter to anchor the end point for this first segment, which is also the start point for the next connected segment.The width will be determined by the applicable Routing Width design rule, but this can be overridden by certain interactive routing options, which are described in more detail below. If a routing-type placement command is being run and you click to start placement on an existing object, the track keepout will adopt the net name of that object. Click or press Enter to anchor the starting point for the first track keepout segment.Placement is made by performing the following sequence of actions: PlacementĪfter launching the command, the cursor will change to a cross-hair and you will enter track keepout placement mode. In the PCB Library Editor - place a track keepout in the following ways:Ī track keepout can only be placed on a signal layer or the Keepout layer.Right-click then choose Place » Keepout » Track from the context menu.Once a command has been used, it will become the top-most item on that section of the Active Bar.) Click the button in the graphic objects drop-down on the Active Bar menu located at the top of the workspace. (Click and hold an Active Bar button to access other related commands.Click Place » Keepout » Track from the main menus.In the PCB Editor - place a track keepout in the following ways:.Track Keepouts are available for placement in both PCB and PCB Library Editors in the following ways: A keepout region is identified by having an outline in the Keepout color. The difference between a standard track and a track keepout is that layer-specific keepout-type fills are not included in output generation, such as Gerber or ODB++. A track keepout can be placed as a layer-specific keepout object or an all-layer keepout to act, for example, as a placement or routing barrier. As well as the standard track that is used for design tasks, there is a second type of track available, referred to as a track keepout.