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Altium - Guard Ring via stitching or how to stitching polygon pours

Janos Pinczes , 07-28-2024, 06:00 PM
Hello All,
I already figured our a part of process, how to create guard ring around your board. I prepared a shape by lines and arcs and converted it to polygon pours the help of Tools -> Conver ... Now I need to add vias on this poly, but Altium allow only defining an area or make the whole layer via stitched the help of Tools -> Via Stitching.
What is the best practice to make via stitching on a polygon without redefining any area?
Thank you!
QDrives , 07-28-2024, 07:31 PM
I always place the guard ring vias manually.
Set the grid to a higher value (0.25mm) and you may want to disable the snapping to tracks.
Janos Pinczes , 07-28-2024, 08:14 PM
Ohh, OK. In this case I will use paste as array function with 0.25mm spacing. Thank you
QDrives , 07-29-2024, 08:13 PM
Via's on the guard ring can (should) be spaced much more apart. The 0.25mm grid is to get close to the edge.
Usually I place the vias something like 5mm apart.
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