thanks... that was what I did, did not see the purge button... scroll down... D'oh! I love the setup > "bb vias," for thru vias... sort of like windows "start" to stop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Clymore [mailto:jlc@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:53 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: purging vias from the selection Setup Constraints. Physical rule set>Set Values. Remove vias that you do not want to use from the via list on the right hand side by clicking on them. Tools>Padstack>Modify Design Padstacks. On the bottom of the form there will be a Purge button. Click on this and it will remove all unused padstacks in the design. Gene Carman wrote: > Is there any way to purge vias from the routing selection so they are > no longer available? The only thing I can think of is changing rules. -- Jim Clymore Manager/Design Engineer GHDsign USA Inc. 19800 MacArthur Blvd. Ste 520 Irvine, CA 92612 Phone: (949) 553-7789 Fax: (949) 553-7778 email: jlc@xxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------