10-07-2008 07:10 PM
Why do I need to select silikscreen for a component height keep out area to work? Silkscreen is not very high. I would think the 3D-info top (or bottom) would be the only thing I should select. Selecting the silkscreen forces the keepout on the entire footprint including copper pads which is unnesessarily restrictive. I want to keep out only the 3D info that indicates what portion of the part is too high. If I select only the 3D info then I do not get any keep out errors reported.
Is there a tutorial on making keep out areas do avrious things? I've had trouble getting them to work rationally for other purposes in the past as well.
Thanks,
David B
10-13-2008 12:35 PM
Hi David,
This is a known issue, you have check the Silkscreen checkbox in order for the keepout area to flag height.