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Originally Posted by CamLight
Adam, I'm not sure if this answers your question, but...
You can assign a polygon to the same signal as your pad (which can now be small) by changing the polygon's Name to the same as the pad's signal name. Then you can set Thermals to match what you need. This allows you to create a pad of any shape and size and have it handled properly for the air wires.
I use a Polygon or Rectangle on the tStop and/or bStop layers to keep the mask away from the parts of the power/GND planes I want to make into bus bars. I prefer using a Polygon, but you can use a Rectangle if you know the size won't change.
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Awesome!! tStop and bStop!! Thats what I needed to know. I already have the planes connected to the pads where needed, but I could not for the life of me figure out how to keep the solder mask away from the polygon outline I drew of the bus bar. Ill just change that polygon to the tStop layer and that should solve my problem!! I can finally order my boards!!!
-Adam