{"id":17516,"date":"2016-09-08T23:43:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T23:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eagleblog.wpengine.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T23:22:15","slug":"what-you-didnt-know-about-eagle-polygon-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/what-you-didnt-know-about-eagle-polygon-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"What you didn&#8217;t know about EAGLE: Polygon Ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Enhance your experience with EAGLE!&nbsp; Follow&nbsp;this&nbsp;new&nbsp;weekly series &#8220;What you didn&#8217;t know about EAGLE!&#8221; and uncover new&nbsp;features&nbsp;of EAGLE&nbsp;that will optimize your design time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polygon Ranking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know you can manage the <strong>rank of a polygon<\/strong>? Polygons are often used to create a GND flood on the entire board or a portion of the board, but if you need&nbsp;to insert a smaller polygon within a larger plane, you will need to know about Polygon ranking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When multiple polygons of the same rank overlap, they are given the same weight (they must both fill completely) so they short together. Start by&nbsp;right clicking on your polygon&nbsp;on the Context menu then select the Properties option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/polygon-rank3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/polygon-rank.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In order for the polygons to isolate properly, you need to leave the small polygon with a rank of 1 and then set the rank of the other polygon to a value of 2 or larger. Since the small polygon has the highest priority, it isn\u2019t cut into. The large polygon isolates because of its&nbsp;lower rank.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UssTYjvRyS0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Click here for video explanation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/polygon-rank2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(FYI: If you wish to force all polygons back to outline mode, on the command line type <strong>RIP @; <\/strong>and press enter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your ideas and comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your CadSoft Support Team<br><a href=\"mailto:support@cadsoftusa.com\">support@cadsoftusa.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhance your experience with EAGLE!&nbsp; Follow&nbsp;this&nbsp;new&nbsp;weekly series &#8220;What you didn&#8217;t know about EAGLE!&#8221; and uncover new&nbsp;features&nbsp;of EAGLE&nbsp;that will optimize your design time. 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