Issue with GND plane in Altium
Ben , 07-19-2024, 03:48 AM
Hi! I've been working through the Learn Altium Essentials Second Edition course and have run into a problem I can't seem to figure out. I'm unable to select anything on the plane layers to assign it to a net, I'm sure it's a silly mistake somewhere but I'm at a loss. As far as I can tell the stackup etc are the same as indicated in the course.Any ideas?Cheers!
QDrives , 07-19-2024, 07:31 PM
Double click on the net name on the bottom. A dialog appears where you can assign the net.
Ben , 07-21-2024, 10:16 PM
Amazing, thank you so much!
Ben , 07-22-2024, 01:28 AM
Update, still have a lot of unrouted net constraint violations that should be solved by the plane layers being set to GND
QDrives , 07-22-2024, 07:15 PM
Your vias are in the Gnd net too?
Ben , 07-22-2024, 11:57 PM
Yes, vias and the mounting holes are all on the GND net, just not connecting to the planes for whatever reason
QDrives , 07-23-2024, 06:50 PM
Sorry, wrong instruction. I do not work with planes.Here is the correct one:https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/pcb-internal-power-split-planes#assigning-a-net-to-a-plane
Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:10 PM
I followed this before posting here and it did not work, double clicking within the board outlines does nothing
QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:11 PM
Did you select the plane layer first?
Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:11 PM
Yes
QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:12 PM
When you double click you do not get a pop-up as shown?
Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:13 PM
Nothing happens at all
QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:14 PM
Selection filter?Shift double click?
Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:15 PM
Selection filter is set to ALL, shift double click also does nothing
QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:21 PM
Repeat of this old question.Check the video of Robert mentioned by him there: https://fedevel.com/forum/course-questions/19568-via-s-not-connecting-to-power-planes
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