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Rick Hartley on PC Board Stack-up and Circuit Behavior

Created: December 6, 2018
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You are now ready to create a PCB. Adding a PCB Document to the Project Before you transfer the design from the Schematic editor to the PCB editor, you need to create the blank PCB, then name and save it as part of the project. Right-click on the project entry in the Projects panel then select the Add New to Project » PCB command from the context menu. A new PCB document will open and an entry…

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