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mulfycrowh , 01-09-2023, 12:39 AM

Hi everyone,

I have put a lot of vias on my design yesterday.
I used standard vias as shielding vias.
I didn't use the option Tools > Via Stiching Shielding.
I find the automatic process not so good.

Today all my vias have disappeared!

Any idea?

Thanks

mulfycrowh , 01-09-2023, 05:38 AM

I am trying the automatic process.
AD places vias too much close from differential pairs and triggers clearance violation.

Is there a setting to avoid this?

qdrives , 01-09-2023, 01:37 PM

I once had that all my ground traces and vias were gone. Probably I was deleting some test layout and pressed the tab key twice, hit delete and all was gone.
Luckily, not that much was routed so I could copy it all from one of the backups.

Paul van Avesaath , 01-10-2023, 08:09 AM

not really sure what happend to your design, but if you enable the pcb backup functionality it saves a copy every X minutes of your design upto a certain amount you specify so you will not loose any work i usually have it set to 3 versions with a 10 minute interval.

mulfycrowh , 01-10-2023, 09:25 AM

@robertferanec Robert, how do you proceed with shielding vias on 12 or 16 layers projects?
I tried automated process but got many clearance violations.
Doing it manually is time consuming but you have a clean job.

robertferanec , 01-11-2023, 06:13 AM

@mulfycrowh I have never used automated via placement.

mulfycrowh , 01-16-2023, 10:49 AM

Is there a way in AD to add GND shielding vias based on the remaining possible locations?
I am asking because with a 12 layers, it is very time consuming to do it manually.
I think about the ability to define a disk centered on a via where other vias would be forbidden.

mulfycrowh , 01-19-2023, 09:19 AM

The more you add shielding vias, especially on very dense design, the more you get issues with power supplies planes.
How do you manage them?

robertferanec , 01-19-2023, 11:45 PM

- if there is no other option (e.g. bigger PCB, moving power supply closer to the load), then I try to find a compromise or sometimes e.g. under CPU, there is not really much to do.

Abdullah Ansari , 02-22-2023, 01:49 AM

You Can also do copy paste. Copy the via and go to Edit ---- paste special----Tick paste on current layer and copy net name ---- Paste array---- change item count --- and X grid.

Abdullah Ansari , 02-22-2023, 01:51 AM

May be u have added stitching via on the trace and after adding while routing when you add another Via on the same trace then it will get removed.