You can do this to some extent with Kicad. Create a module, e.g. called Pad1 add one pad to it and set the shape to whatever you want. Click the copper and component tick boxes. Reduce the text labels to the minimium and set them to be invis. Don't add any outlines etc, remove the pad number entry.
Save the module. You can now place that module on the board as per normal. The only gotcha is that to route the tracks to it easily, you need to turn DRC off. A slighty better method, but a bit more work is to use small vias and once the routing is done, place the pad modules over the vias, this way you can leave DRC on. Andy On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:06:02 -0000 "James" <jamesrsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > > > > > I find that the problem with 0 ohm R and such like is that they are a > > fixed width, I also find it rather awkward to add them to a board, then > > to the sch and so on. I also prefer to have a sch. to work with. > > > > What I do for single sided boards is set the via size to the same as what I > > use for > > a normal through hole component Then I just route the board as normaly on > > the copper side, and where needed I switch to the component side and run > > tracks as if they were my jumper wires. > > > > The component side copper print becomes my jumper layout (if it ever gets > > that complex) > > > > For small home projects this works very nicely for me. > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > That's what I've been doing, and I've found it to be a usable workaround but > it sure would be nice if there was a proper solution for this. Another > program I tried at one point let me place standard pads anywhere, including > the rectangular IC type pads that are nice if space is tight and then connect > them with wires, it worked really well. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
