Globally change via drill diameter

ezekiel.brooks89 — Fri, 17 May 2024 23:07:08 GMT

Hi, if there a way to globally change all via drill hole sizes retrospectively?

Background:

I have a large design with 913 vias, all are a min of 0.254mm in drill size. In order to keep the cost of the PCB down I need to change these to 0.3mm. I have changed the DRC rules to 0.3 which without surprise has raised 913 drill size errors.

What I have tried:

Selecting all signals in the design manager > Inspector (only vias selected) > change the size to 0.3 > error 'Error: Property Change Failed.' Tried with both push violators and ignore and get the same result. Even if i could reduce the number by half and do the other half manually that would be something.

Thanks All

Re: Globally change via drill diameter

jorge_garcia — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:47:56 GMT

Hi @ezekiel.brooks89,

I hope you're doing well. Try this slight different procedure:

1) Set violators mode to ignore

2) In the selection filter, set to only select vias

3) Form a selection of the entire board

4) Now in the inspector adjust the drill value and press enter.

Do the changes take or do you see the same result?

Let me know. You may still get DRC errors because with their increased size some vias might short if the layout is dense.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

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