In the '''Layer Stack-up Settings''' dialog, you can add a new trace to the stack-up by clicking the arrow symbol on the '''Insert''' button of the dialog. You have to choose from '''Metal (PEC)''', '''Slot (PMC)''' or '''Conductive Sheet''' options. A respective dialog opens up, where you can enter a label and assign a color other than default ones. Once a new trace is defined, it is added, by default, to the top of the stack-up table underneath the top half-space. From here, you can move the trace down to the desired location on the layer hierarchy.
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Every time you define a new trace, it is also added under the respective category in the Navigation Tree. Alternatively, you can define a new trace from the Navigation Tree by right clicking on one of the trace type names and selecting '''Insert New PEC Trace...'''or '''Insert New PMC Trace...'''or '''Insert New Conductive Sheet Trace...'''A respective dialog opens up for setting the trace properties. Once you close this dialog, it takes you directly to the Layer Stack-up Settings dialog so that you can set the right position of the trace on the stack-up.
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{{Note|Two or more PEC and conductive sheet traces can coexist at the same Z-coordinate. In this case, the Layer Stack-up Settings dialog shows these trace rows stacked up on top of each other between their common top and bottom substrate layers.}}
=== Drawing & Managing Planar Objects ===