Chapter 1
User Interface
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9.
In the
On trace placement
area:
•
Auto trace narrowing
—Enable to allow traces to narrow as
necessary during routing.
•
Auto add teardrop
—Enable to add a teardrop when a trace is
placed.
10. In the
DRC & Net check
area:
•
No Realtime Check
—Enable to prevent a DRC and netcheck in
“real time” as you place objects, for example, parts.
•
Check on action end
—Enable to perform a DRC and netcheck
after each action, for example, part placement.
•
Full Realtime Check
—Enable to perform DRC checks and
ratnest updates to your work in “real time” (as you place objects,
for example, parts).
11. In the
Follow me router
area:
•
Continuous place
—Enable to have the next trace begin from the
finish point of the previous trace when placing a “Follow-me”
trace. If this is not selected, you must click to start a new trace.
Refer to the
Placing a Trace: Follow-me Method
Working with Traces and Copper
, for information about Follow-me
traces.
12. In the
Crosshair
area:
•
Trace snap
—Enable to have the pointer snap to the nearest trace.
Refer to the
section in Chapter 5,
, for information about using trace snap.
13. In the
Post processing
area:
•
Show fiducial marks
—Enable to show fiducial marks when you
postprocess this design. Fiducial marks are used to align layers
with each other. As shown in the figure below, Ultiboard uses
three different types of cocentric circles as fiducial marks. These
are placed on three of the four corners of a design when it is
printed or exported to Gerber.
