Creating Holes in Boards with Layer Stacks

You can create holes on boards that contain layer stacks. All PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) are designed as a stack of layers known as layer stacks. They define how layers are arranged in a chosen direction mainly with multiple copper layers.

Before you begin: Import a board with a layer stack.
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Creating Holes
  1. From the Create Layout Feature of the action bar, click Create a hole .
    A specific Hole dialog box appears that contains options for creating holes on boards with layer stacks.
  2. From the Location section, select an X and Y location and a Rotation value.
  3. From the Profile section of the hole editor, choose one of the following profile types:

    • Circle
    • Rectangle
    • Slot

  4. From the Extremities section, choose one of the following types:

    • Through
    • Buried
    • Blind

  5. Select the placement of the hole within the layers based on the From and To layers such as:
    • BOTTOM_LAYER
    • TOP_LAYER
    • DIELECTRIC_1
    • MIDDLE_LAYER
    • DIELECTRIC_2
    • BOTTOM_LAYER
    The hole is created and appears in the tree.
  6. Optional: Select the node to view an outline of the hole.

Holes are now defined while taking the layer stacks into consideration.