On 3/24/07, Jeremy Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And one last thing: Some of the vias have rectangular copper bits around them, presumably to catch more solder and >create a little heat sink (just a guess: I really don't know). So far, I've just been placing vias and drawing the rectangular >copper sections by hand: is there a better way?
Without seeing the "copper bits" I am guessing that they are there to provide thermal relief around the via. It is probably not necessary unless you are planning to solder something into the via. I believe you can use the thermal command (F10 in my version of PCB) to add a thermal relief to a via. (* jcl *) -- http://www.luciani.org _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
