Working with the Maximum Via Count Design Rule on a PCB in Altium Designer
Created: March 23, 2017 | Updated: September 26, 2019
| Applies to versions: 18.0, 18.1, 19.0, 19.1, 20.0, 20.1 and 20.2
Now reading version 20. For the latest, read: Working with the Maximum Via Count Design Rule on a PCB in Altium Designer for version 21
Rule category: High Speed
Rule classification: Unary
Summary
This rule specifies the maximum number of vias permitted for each individual net in the current design.
Constraints
Default constraints for the Maximum Via Count rule.
- Maximum Via Count - the maximum number of vias permitted in each individual net falling under the defined scope of the rule.
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.