08-04-2009 08:59 AM
Hello all,
I am new to Ultiboard and am trying to do something that should be relatively simple. I want to connect an external DC supply, which is terminated in ring terminals, to my PCB. I can't figure out how to put in a hole that will connect to the trace. It's a 6mm ring terminal, so I need a 6.2mm diameter hole. I want one hole to connect to the input trace on top and the other to connect to the ground plane on bottom.
I can place holes in Ultiboard, but I can't connect them to the trace due to DRC; the copper area voids around the hole.
I can't find a hole in Multisim to put on the schematic to allow the DRC to recognize the connection.
In Ultiboard, the Through-Hole Pin option for connecting to a Net is grayed out.
Is there a way to do this?
-Nick
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08-05-2009 10:05 AM
Hi Nick,
The hole is like a regular component in case and in the Multisim Master database there are no holes available so you will have to create a new component. If you don't know how to create a component, please refer to the Creating a Custom Component in NI Multisim tutorial for more details. When you get to Step 2 in the Component Wizard, select the hole that you will use in Ultiboard.
Once you created the hole place it on the schematic and run a wire to it, now you can forward annotate the update schematic to Ultiboard.