04-15-2009 04:49 AM
Hi,
I'm building Led boards for power leds mounted on a circular board.
To go from one led's connection (series connection) to another one, I'd like to use circular (arched) tracks...
using the normal 0° / 45° / 90° tracks looks quite messy, and makes me loose valuable cooling space..
Does anyone know a good ad simple trick to do so?
Best regards
Johan
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04-15-2009 09:10 AM - edited 04-15-2009 09:14 AM
04-15-2009 09:14 AM
Hi Johan,
Fortunately, I think there is!
Now you can place, move and rotate your components and Ultiboard will automatically rotate and snap them to circular arcs. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that you can place copper traces in circular arcs though, but its pretty easy to connect the dots between different components.
04-17-2009 06:24 AM
Hi,
I finally found a way to do it easily....
for component placement, using the polar grid is the right tool to use, simply great....
But for arched tracks, I used the 'Place -Graphic - Arc tool...
If you know where to start and end your track, and know the board's center point, then this is really easy...
Using the 'use corner mitering' tip didn't work out, it only works for corners, not for complete tracks....
And afterwards you can not move the track anymore, that's also a problem...
I wonder how to make a spiral conductor for an 'on board' HF coil ... any suggestions?
have a nice weekend
Johan
04-17-2009 09:40 AM
Hi Johan,
I don't know of a way to make perfect spirals in Ultiboard, but you can use the arc tool. The arc tool continues drawing from the end point of the last arc if you don't leave arc drawing mode. This makes it easy to make spirals by attaching cirular arcs of increasing diameter. I suggest the following:
I am afraid I may not be very clear. Here's an attachment that shows what I mean. It should work in Ultiboard 10.1.1.
Hope that helps.
04-21-2009 03:15 AM
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately I'm still using the 10.0 version, and I can't open the file....
Johan
04-21-2009 09:05 AM