altiummulti-layerpcb
How do I connect a net to a power plane in Altium? I'm using Altium 15 for 4 Layer PCB project. I've created a rule assigning a net to a power plane but it doesn't work as the pads that should be routed through the power plane they still showing that the connection is missing. In the Altium tech docs I understood that they should be connected already but they are not.
I think this is because you do not already have a ground plane below it? Also make sure your ground plane is on the correct net (ie, set the ground polygon to GND net). BTW, I just tested this using a "Solid Region" as my ground plane.
I once made a diode with a four-pin anode, all of which I wanted to connect together. You could connect all of the anode pins separately, but I would recommend giving them different pin names (i.e. 87a, 87b, 87c) and treating them as separate pins on the PCB layout. However, on the schematic, lay the three pins one on top of the other so it looks like just one pin. Altium will see a wire connected to the "one" visible pin as connected to all three pins, and will tell you to route all of their corresponding pads together. You will need to go into the pin editor on the schematic, though, and make sure you change the pin names and which pads they connect to. That's probably the most elegant solution.
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The rule you are showing defines how vias connect to the plane - it doesn't do the work of assigning the net. Perhaps you have not yet assigned the net to the power plane?
My experience is with Altium 10, but I'm going to assume this works similarly in 15: