In altium you can define polygon pouring or solid region. It seems both are doing the same things. What are the differences ?
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\$\begingroup\$ Just from the sound, I would say it's who does the heavy lifting. \$\endgroup\$– Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsCommented May 14, 2016 at 4:03
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Solid regions are just that: areas of fill (copper, on routing layers) that exist on the layer. These are useful when you definitely want solid fill (silkscreen, copper under a QFN thermal pad) that will not be changed by design rules. This still can trigger DRC violations.
On the other hand, polygon pours are "smart" in comparison. They are dynamic; you must define them and then create them. Each time you 'pour' the polygon, it is dynamically generated to satisfy clearance and other design rules, in addition to connecting to nets and pads in different ways. This is generally the best thing to use when you want to pour ground or power, but don't want to worry about specifying each place clearance is needed (almost everywhere). I use these for my 'plane' layers and to give full ground coverage on the top/bottom copper layers.
answered May 14, 2016 at 4:18
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\$\begingroup\$ As I understand we should just use Polygon, not solid region...as polygon are more flexible, right? \$\endgroup\$– chrisCommented May 14, 2016 at 7:05
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1\$\begingroup\$ Not really, you use copper pours when the copper is in some sense functional, like say a PCB copper area used as a heat sink, and copper pours when you want the copper to flow around other tracking and such (Like say a copper ground pour on a routing layer). \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 14, 2016 at 11:55