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title** Altium Designer Feature Addition

The Air Gap Width setting (the clearance between the edge of the pad and the edge of the polygon surrounding the pad) was added to Altium Designer in Update 19. This setting now controls the clearance between the edge of the pad and the surrounding polygon, whereas the Electrical Clearance design rules did this in earlier versions of Altium Designer. When a board designed in an early version of Altium Designer is opened in Altium Designer Update 19 (or later) a warning will appear, it is important that you review and set the Air Gap settings in the Polygon Connect Style Design Rules in this situation. 

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title** Altium Designer Feature Addition

The Air Gap Width setting (the clearance between the edge of the pad and the edge of the polygon surrounding the pad) was added to Altium Designer in Update 19. This setting now controls the clearance between the edge of the pad and the surrounding polygon, whereas the Electrical Clearance design rules did this in earlier versions of Altium Designer. When a board designed in an early version of Altium Designer is opened in Altium Designer Update 19 (or later) a warning will appear, it is important that you review and set the Air Gap settings in the Polygon Connect Style Design Rules in this situation.

Controlling the Polygon Clearance

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