Step 2: General Settings

General

1.   Display the mesh surfaces board-top and chip.

General Display...

(a)   Retain the default selection of Edges in the Options group box.

(b)   Deselect all surfaces and select board-top and chip from the Surfaces selection list.

  To deselect all surfaces click on the far-right unshaded button at the top of the Surfaces selection list, and then select the desired surfaces from the Surfaces selection list.

(c)   Click the Colors... button to open the Mesh Colors dialog box.

i.   Select Color by ID in the Options group box.

ii.   Click Reset Colors and close the Mesh Colors dialog box.

(d)   Click Display.

2.   Rotate and zoom the view.

  Use the left mouse button to rotate the view. Use the middle mouse button to zoom the view until you obtain an enlarged display of the circuit board in the region of the chip, as shown in Figure  24.2.

Figure 24.2: Mesh Display of the Chip and Board Surfaces

Extra:   You can click the right mouse button on one of the boundaries displayed in the graphics window and its zone number, name, and type will be printed in the console. This feature is especially useful when you have several zones of the same type and you want to distinguish between them.

3.   Display the mesh faces.

General Display...

(a)   Disable Edges and enable Faces in the Options group box.

(b)   Click Display and close the Mesh Display dialog box.

  The surfaces run together with no shading to separate the chip from the board.