Via in Pad shows covered

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WaynePace
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Via in Pad shows covered

#1 Post by WaynePace » 03 Oct 2022, 11:20

I am trying to replicate a board we no longer have the design files for. It has a via overlapping a pad area. I would really like to have the hole in the via visible for the preview to print for documentation. The hole is there in the 3D view, but I cannot seem to figure out how to get the via hole to take precedence over the pad. I am very new to DipTrace and I am not sure if there any way to do this?

Attached image is the board I am trying to recreate, the DipTrace view and the DipTrace preview.
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Re: Via in Pad shows covered

#2 Post by Alex » 04 Oct 2022, 08:18

What is your DipTrace version? I can't reproduce the problem in version 4.3.0.2.
Could you upload the file on the forum?

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Re: Via in Pad shows covered

#3 Post by WaynePace » 05 Oct 2022, 01:40

I am using Revision 4.2.0.1
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WaynePace
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Re: Via in Pad shows covered

#4 Post by WaynePace » 05 Oct 2022, 01:51

The rectangle areas are pads added as surface with a square shape option. They were not added as a component footprint.

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Re: Via in Pad shows covered

#5 Post by Tomg » 05 Oct 2022, 02:00

That "via" is actually a through-hole pad, which means you have a surface mount pad covering over a through-hole pad. Change the "via" (through-hole pad) into a real via and your problem will go away.
Tom

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