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brucesun , 09-08-2020, 12:59 PM

Hi Robert,

How to make a flash symbol for an oblong shaped pad? The wizard is for circular pads only. Do I need to make a shape symbol first? Thanks.

Bruce

robertferanec , 09-12-2020, 01:53 AM

I am not exactly sure what you are trying to do: flash symbol and oblong shaped pad? Are those two different things or you are trying to make a special pad?

PS: If you are trying to make a special shaped pad, then I normally try to avoid creating these (they can be problems when importing between different CAD systems or when working with different versions e.g. very old altium vs new altium) - so I have not really done that. But there should be some materials on Internet, I have seen for example this: https://www.altium.com/documentation...d?version=19.1

brucesun , 09-12-2020, 01:43 PM

Hi Robert,

As my understanding to add thermal relief to a pad we need to create a flash symbol and associated it with the pad. The shape of the through hole pad i'm working on is oblong but not a circle and the wizard to create a flash symbol is for round pad only. So how can I make a flash symbol for this pad?

Also I noticed that there is a pin property named DYN_THERMAL_CON_TYPE. What is this property used for?

Thanks,
Bruce

robertferanec , 09-14-2020, 02:58 AM

- I am still not sure what you mean, could you attach a screenshot?

To set thermal relief, you have more options. Here is a screenshot from my course where you can see how you can set it for a Pad:

brucesun , 09-14-2020, 08:05 AM

Thank Robert. Now I realized the Flash Symbol is for negative plane only and we usually don't need to use this function. It's probably the time to go through the course video again.

Bruce