Chapter 1 User Interface
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9. In the On trace placement area:
•Auto trace narrowing—Enable to allow traces to narrow as
necessary during routing.
•Auto add teardrop—Enable to add a teardrop when a trace is
placed.
10. In the DRC & Net check area:
•No Realtime Check—Enable to prevent a DRC and netcheck in
“real time” as you place objects, for example, parts.
•Check on action end—Enable to perform a DRC and netcheck
after each action, for example, part placement.
•Full Realtime Check—Enable to perform DRC checks and
ratnest updates to your work in “real time” (as you place objects,
for example, parts).
11. In the Follow me router area:
•Continuous place—Enable to have the next trace begin from the
finish point of the previous trace when placing a “Follow-me”
trace. If this is not selected, you must click to start a new trace.
Refer to the Placing a Trace: Follow-me Method section in Chapter 5,
Working with Traces and Copper, for information about Follow-me
traces.
12. In the Crosshair area:
•Trace snap—Enable to have the pointer snap to the nearest trace.
Refer to the Working with Traces section in Chapter 5, Working with
Traces and Copper, for information about using trace snap.
13. In the Post processing area:
•Show fiducial marks—Enable to show fiducial marks when you
postprocess this design. Fiducial marks are used to align layers
with each other. As shown in the figure below, Ultiboard uses
three different types of cocentric circles as fiducial marks. These
are placed on three of the four corners of a design when it is
printed or exported to Gerber.