Missed areas in isolation routing

[Edward Cragg]

Hi, when doing isolation routing, I have some thin areas missed, as shown here:

Is there some way to fix this?

I’ve played with the available (advanced mode, beta) parameters, but can’t find a solution. Overlap, particularly, seems not to solve it.

Thanks!

[Edward Cragg]

Also, this is using 10 isolation passes, so it’s not the case that there’s not enough passes to cover the required area.

[Marius Stanciu]

Hi Edward,

I'm on a beach right now in vacation so I will not go in too much detail but know that the isolation concept is to make a reliable isolation (this is influenced by the chosen parameters, tool) not to clear the copper completely. And as seen the SW does that.

What you are looking for is copper clearing, which is done (not very reliable due of the libraries limitations but better than in the Isolation Tool) in NCC tool (in flatcam beta).

Best regards,

Marius.

[Marius Stanciu]

Those are part of the limitations in the app and not a bug. For better results try the NCC Tool.