Questions tagged [relief]

I'm designing a SMPS PCB with a pretty high current goal (using it to power multiple servos.) Using KiCAD, I decided to use solid fills on the pads of the high current areas, but by default thermal reliefs are enabled. This takes the large filled…

I'm designing a board which I'll solder it by hand. In order to do soldering much easier I believe that many components need to be connected through relief connect to their adjacent polygon pour. But, some components are connected to high power…