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Ben , 07-19-2024, 03:48 AM

Hi! I've been working through the Learn Altium Essentials Second Edition course and have run into a problem I can't seem to figure out.
I'm unable to select anything on the plane layers to assign it to a net, I'm sure it's a silly mistake somewhere but I'm at a loss.
As far as I can tell the stackup etc are the same as indicated in the course.

Any ideas?
Cheers!

QDrives , 07-19-2024, 07:31 PM

Double click on the net name on the bottom. A dialog appears where you can assign the net.

Ben , 07-21-2024, 10:16 PM

Amazing, thank you so much!

Ben , 07-22-2024, 01:28 AM

Update, still have a lot of unrouted net constraint violations that should be solved by the plane layers being set to GND

QDrives , 07-22-2024, 07:15 PM

Your vias are in the Gnd net too?

Ben , 07-22-2024, 11:57 PM

Yes, vias and the mounting holes are all on the GND net, just not connecting to the planes for whatever reason

QDrives , 07-23-2024, 06:50 PM

Sorry, wrong instruction. I do not work with planes.
Here is the correct one:
https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/pcb-internal-power-split-planes#assigning-a-net-to-a-plane

Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:10 PM

I followed this before posting here and it did not work, double clicking within the board outlines does nothing

QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:11 PM

Did you select the plane layer first?

Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:11 PM

Yes

QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:12 PM

When you double click you do not get a pop-up as shown?

Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:13 PM

Nothing happens at all

QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:14 PM

Selection filter?
Shift double click?

Ben , 07-23-2024, 09:15 PM

Selection filter is set to ALL, shift double click also does nothing

QDrives , 07-23-2024, 09:21 PM

Repeat of this old question.
Check the video of Robert mentioned by him there: https://fedevel.com/forum/course-questions/19568-via-s-not-connecting-to-power-planes