Warning

The Warning dialog

Summary

When building a panel, it is important that you ensure the layer stackup for each referenced child board is compatible with the stackup for the parent board - onto which the panels are placed. This Warning dialog helps designers resolve layer stack compatibility. You have the choice to manually resolve the discrepancy at a later stage, whereby a reminder will be generated if you attempt to generate fabrication output. Alternatively, you can get the software to automatically attempt to resolve layer stack compatibility issues.

Access

When placing an embedded board array, you are asked to select a reference PCB design within the Embedded Board Array dialog. The Embedded Board Array dialog then displays whether the layer stacks are compatible. If the layer stacks are NOT compatible and you place the embedded board array anyway, this Warning dialog appears.

Options/Controls

• Synchronize Manually Later - Select this option to manually synchronize the layer stacks before the fabrication process. If the layer stacks have not yet been synchronized by fabrication, a reminder will be displayed when attempting to generate fabrication output.
• Synchronize Automatically Now - Select this option to automatically synchronize the layer stacks. The automatic layer stack synchronization process will attempt to:
  • Ensure that all required child board layer stack ordered layers exist in the parent board (the PCB file containing the embedded board array).
  • Modify the parent board layer stack in an attempt to achieve synchronization - a child board is never modified.
  • Make only additive or layer type modifications to the parent board - layers are never removed.