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Larry
westfeldt wrote:
Thank you David, but that was not it. It was unset, but setting it had no effect.
Further details. This effect does not occur if I start route with some specified width and change layers. It only occurs when I start routing on an existing trace so that this existing width is my routing width. When I drop the via, it reverts to the default drc trace width.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: David Greig [mailto:David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:47 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: linewidth change
Is the environment variable acon_no_impedance width unset? This would let the tool adjust line width to compensaye for impedances on each layer.
I set it because I don't agree with the Allegro methodology for calculating impedance. Correct impedance calculations are easy enough to do (or you can resort to Method Of Moments 2D tools) Either will give more satisfactory results.
Another reason for not letting the tool decide is if you want to identify controlled impedance routes by layer to the fab shop. Just make sure that your plane fill aperture is different from the controlled line width or the fab shop will have a harder time of it!
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------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: westfeldt [mailto:westfeldt_nbcd@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 09 September 2004 16:27 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] linewidth change
Still getting used to v15.1. Sometimes tracewidth goes from my current width to minimum drc value when I drop a via; didn't do that in my v14.2. How do I fix this?
Patrick Westfeldt, Jr. North Boulder Circuit Design westfeldt_nbcd@xxxxxxxxx 720-406-0887 c 720-272-5822
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