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IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer

Created: September 11, 2015 | Updated: August 09, 2021 | Applies to versions: 15.1, 16.0, 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1
Now reading version 17.1. For the latest, read: IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer for version 21

Parent page: PCB Query Functions - Attribute Checks

Summary

Returns all pad objects with an octagonal pad shape on the specified layer.

Syntax

IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer(Layer : String) : Boolean/Boolean_String

Layer is the name of the layer, as it appears on the Board Layers And Colors tab of the View Configurations dialog.

Example Usage

IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer('Top Layer')
IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer('Top Layer') = True
IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer('Top Layer') = 'True'
Returns all pad objects with an octagonal pad shape on the Top Layer.

Not IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer('Bottom Layer')
IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer('Bottom Layer') = False
IsOctagonalPadShapeOnLayer('Bottom Layer') = 'False'
Returns all objects except pad objects with an octagonal pad shape on the Bottom Layer.

Tips

  1. The single quote characters (') at the start and end of Layer are mandatory.
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