[PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on free-standing vias

  • From: "Malou" <malourdes.kes93@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:12:24 +0800

Hi

Yah I agree with you, but if the design  have a lot of reinforcement via to  
stitch your  gnd or power plane  meaning the whole board has lot of scattered 
gnd via or power  , think we can't just delete and place a new one.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jaymole Varghese 
  To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:16 AM
  Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on free-standing vias


  Hi
          I don't understand why we have to go for complex solutions. I think
  if we just delete that via, place a new via in same place and manually
  giving the desired connectivity to the new via can solve this problem.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Les Wong" <maveric0@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:18 AM
  Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on free-standing vias


  > Gary:
  > Is that Allegro 15.5 ?
  > Les
  >
  > --- Gary MacIndoe <gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
  >
  > >
  > > Hey guys/gals,
  > >
  > > Cadence has addressed this issue, at least to an
  > > extent (when copying vias).
  > > Go into Edit -> Copy, vias turned on, in the Options
  > > tab, then check "Retain
  > > net of vias" box.  Then, you copy say a gnd via and
  > > drop it down anywhere
  > > not on a trace, it retains the gnd net.  You can
  > > move it around all you
  > > want, it will still be gnd.
  > >
  > > Gary E. MacIndoe
  > > PCB Design Engineer
  > > Advanced Micro Devices
  > > Longmont, Colorado
  > >
  > >
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
  > > Behalf Of Daniel So
  > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:05 PM
  > > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on
  > > free-standing vias
  > >
  > > Linda
  > >
  > > I tried going to www.cdnusers.org, registered and
  > > then logged on. I went
  > > to Forums -> Silicon-package-board -> Shared
  > > code-Skill. There I saw
  > > discussions but no skill codes. Where did I go
  > > wrong?
  > >
  > > Daniel
  > >
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
  > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:37 AM
  > > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on
  > > free-standing vias
  > >
  > > Doug,
  > >
  > > We have a PCB SKILL forum on the newly launched
  > > Cadence user community
  > > website where you can upload your skill routine for
  > > all to see.
  > >
  > > you will need to register to post the code.
  > >
  > > The site is found at www.cdnusers.org.  You can
  > > register, wait a bit for
  > > your authorization code, login, then click on the
  > > "Forums" tab in the
  > > upper navigation bar.
  > >
  > >
  > > Linda
  > >
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
  > > Behalf Of Douglas Stanley
  > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:32 AM
  > > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on
  > > free-standing vias
  > >
  > > My method doesn't really solve the problem, but it
  > > makes it easy to deal
  > > with. I wrote a small SKILL routine that allows you
  > > to select any via
  > > and change the via's net.
  > >
  > > I works by clicking on a via (single select, window,
  > > or temp group) and
  > > then clicking on any shape, pin, or cline. The via
  > > then takes on the net
  > > of the shape/pin/cline you selected. Works like a
  > > champ. It's 30 lines
  > > of code.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > Douglas G. Stanley
  > > Broadcom Corporation
  > > (949) 926-5889
  > > dstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
  > > Behalf Of
  > > Michael.Catrambone@xxxxxxxxxx
  > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:55 AM
  > > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on
  > > free-standing vias
  > >
  > >
  > > Hello,
  > >
  > > I deal with this all the time.. The best way I found
  > > to handle it was to
  > > define a small static shape on top of the via with
  > > the net name attached
  > > to it.  This shape is defined a little larger than
  > > the via geometry on
  > > the top side of the PCB and whenever I move the via
  > > I make sure to
  > > select the shape as well.
  > >
  > > Kind of a pain but it gets me past the problem.
  > > Maybe someone else has
  > > a better way of handling this.
  > >
  > > Mike
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > "Daniel So" <danielso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>@freelists.org
  > > on 03/02/2006
  > > 11:43:43 AM
  > >
  > > Please respond to icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > >
  > > Sent by:    icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > >
  > >
  > > To:    <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > > cc:
  > > Subject:    [PCB_FORUM] Retaining nets on
  > > free-standing vias
  > >
  > >
  > > Hi Everyone
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > Please excuse me if this is an old subject.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > I have thru-hole vias connected to a gnd plane on
  > > the top layer. There
  > > is +5v plane on the bottom side of the PCB. There
  > > are no clines
  > > connected to the vias so when ever I move the gnd
  > > plane, the vias are
  > > now associated to the +5v plane. I now have to move
  > > the +5v plane before
  > > moving back the gnd plane if I want to keep these
  > > vias associated to
  > > gnd. This is really a bad problem on a multi-layer
  > > board with different
  > > planes on different layers and when I have vias that
  > > I want to keep
  > > associated to different nets.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > Is there any way to keep the vias associated to the
  > > original nets
  > > without connecting clines to them? Cadence did not
  > > have an answer.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > Thanks for any suggestions
  > >
  > > Daniel So
  > >
  > > email: danielso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > (See attached file: C.htm)
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
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