Delete unwanted areas from a powerplane

[OJG]

How can unwanted copper areas be deleted from a power plane? When I add a power plane any resistors/ capacitors I have connected to ground get shaded which is good but I  only want the pad not the whole component. attached is an image

thanks

[lacy]

This issue has been discussed at length in other posts, so instead of reiterating what has already been discussed, I will point you to at least one thread that may contain a solution.

Here it is:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=370&message.id=4411&query.id=87471#M4411

Hope this will help you out.