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Polygon Clearance Overview

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Tech Consultant Zach Peterson explores a viewer question about applying clearances to polygons. He looks at some industry standards, as well as how to set these clearances with net classes and design rules in Altium Designer.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Determining Clearances & Industry Standards
5:18 Net Classes
11:09 Design Rules

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