Working with the Power Plane Clearance Design Rule on a PCB in Altium Designer
Created: March 23, 2017 | Updated: January 06, 2021
| Applies to versions: 18.0, 18.1, 19.0, 19.1, 20.0, 20.1 and 20.2
Now reading version 20.0. For the latest, read: Working with the Power Plane Clearance Design Rule on a PCB in Altium Designer for version 21
Rule category: Plane
Rule classification: Unary
Summary
This rule specifies the radial clearance created around vias and pads that pass through but are not connected to a power plane.
Constraints
Default constraints for the Power Plane Clearance Rule.
- Clearance - the value for the radial clearance.
How Duplicate Rule Contentions are Resolved
All rules are resolved by the priority setting. The system goes through the rules from highest to lowest priority and picks the first one whose scope expression matches the object(s) being checked.
Rule Application
During output generation.