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Documentation Altium Designer Documentation ... PCB Query Functions Attribute Checks

IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer

Created: August 02, 2022 | Updated: August 02, 2022 | Applies to version: 21

This document is no longer available beyond version 21.0. Information can now be found here: IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer for version 25

Parent page: PCB Query Functions - Attribute Checks

Summary

Returns all pad objects with a square pad shape on the specified layer. An square pad shape is formed from a Rounded Rectangle pad shape when the X-Size and Y-Size properties are set to be equal.

Syntax

IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer(Layer : String) : Boolean/Boolean_String

Layer is the name of the layer as it appears on the Layers & Colors tab of the View Configuration panel.

Example Usage

IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer('Top Layer')
IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer('Top Layer') = True
IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer('Top Layer') = 'True'
Returns all pad objects with a square pad shape on the Top Layer.

Not IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer('Bottom Layer')
IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer('Bottom Layer') = False
IsSquarePadShapeOnLayer('Bottom Layer') = 'False'
Returns all objects except pad objects with a square 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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