Orcad has dialog boxes for setting tracewidth and spacing on any layers
as an automatic keepout.

 From the nets spreadsheet, pick Net Widths and type 80 on the
appropriate layers, and in the Net Spacing, type 125.

Regards-
Michael Howell
*Howell Electronic Services <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Emhowell777> *
4474 Hillcrest Road, Medford, OR 97504
541-734-2666 tel / 541-601-0887 cell


Mary Knouse wrote:

>Are there any pcb design programs that are capable of generating automatic
>keepouts?  ie: If I have a manually routed 80 mil trace which has a keepout
>of 125 mils for U.L. spacing requirements, I'd like the software to place a
>keepout around the entire trace automatically.  This way, if I need to move
>the trace at a later date, the keepout will move along with the trace.  If
>I change the size of the trace, the keepout would also 'recalculate and
>regenerate' itself to retain the 125 mil spacing requirement.
>

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