Working with the Modified Polygon Design Rule on a PCB in Altium Designer
Created: February 22, 2016 | Updated: April 11, 2017
| Applies to versions: 16.0, 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1
Now reading version 17. For the latest, read: Working with the Modified Polygon Design Rule on a PCB in Altium Designer for version 21
Rule category: Electrical
Rule classification: Unary
Summary
This rule detects polygons that are still shelved and/or have been modified, but have not yet been repoured.
Constraints
Default constraints for the Modified Polygon rule.
- Allow shelved - if enabled, all polygons that fall within the scope of this design rule, and that are currently shelved, will not be flagged as a violation.
- Allow modified - if enabled, all polygons that fall within the scope of this design rule, and that are currently modified but have not been repoured, will not be flagged as a violation.
How Duplicate Rule Contentions are Resolved
All rules are resolved by the priority setting. The system goes through the rules from highest to lowest priority and picks the first one whose scope expression matches the object(s) being checked.
Rule Application
Online DRC and Batch DRC.