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Chapter 3

Setting Up a Design

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Net Group Settings

For net groups, the following Group Settings are available:

Group Name

Clearance Settings

Trace Width Settings

Trace Length Settings

Routing Layers

Routing Priority

Locked

As well as setting the clearance for a net group, you can set clearances for
individual nets within that group. You can, for example, set the clearance
for the net group to 10 mils, and the clearance for two or more nets within
that group to 5 mils. In this case, if any net from the group comes within 10
mils of any element that is not in the net group, a DRC error is generated.
If one of the traces that you set to a 5 mils clearance moves to 5 mils or less
from one of the other traces with the 5 mils clearance setting, a DRC error
occurs.

Note

Set individual trace clearances in the Nets tab of the Spreadsheet View. To do this,

select the desired trace, and locate the Trace Clearance column. Highlight Use Group
Settings
and type in the desired clearance for that trace. You can also edit a trace’s
clearance from the General tab of its properties dialog box.

For information on any setting, select it in the Group Settings list. A
description appears in the field at the bottom of the dialog. You may need
to make the dialog box larger to view some of the descriptions. Do this by
dragging the dialog’s lower-right corner.

Part Group Settings

For part groups, the following Group Settings are available:

Group Name

Clearance Settings

Part Spacing Settings

Pin & Gate Swapping Settings

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