Thanks for the info. To make sure that I understand. I put down vias between a trace and, for example, my Vcc layer, I then go in as the last step and create a filled zone that covers the entire layer that I've designated Vcc. That connects the vias to the "plane". Correct?
John Greg Dyess wrote: > "Planes" are the thing I struggled with when starting to use KiCAD> > It simply doesn't have the concept of a "plane" What it does is > create "zones" which are connected to a net. It may seem subtle, but > it will bite you hard if you just expect it to understand everything > on this layer is a plane, just connect to it. Zones have an outline > that is drawn/defined and then the zone is assigned to a net and is > filled. It has to be refilled everything something changes that pass > through the zone. I also found many times that it just simply > refused to get connected to vias even though the via was supposed to > be on the same net. I think that issue has been fixed though. > > Greg > > > > > ________________________________ From: NeonJohn <j...@neon-john.com> > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 12:38:45 AM > Subject: [kicad-users] Basic getting started question > > > Still working on getting started with PCBNEW. Coming from an > ExpressPCB background. > > I have my design finished and all the footprints associated with > symbols in the net list using Cvpcb. I have imported the netlist > into PCBNEW and placed a few of the power components where they need > to be. I let the program auto-place everything else which at least > scattered things out, though I'll have to re-do almost everything. > > Here's my problem. this is a 4 layer board with the inner planes > being defined as Vcc and Gnd (just like ExpressPCB does). Thing is, > I don't know how to get there. Do I have to draw the individual > planes on the layers? Can I give the plane a net name like "Vcc"? > Will that cause automatic connectivity to everything on the Vcc net? > > One other question. I need an interior cut-out on the board for the > winding of a transformer to protrude through. How do I draw that? > THe same way that I drew the board outline? I've drawn it on the > "board outline" layer but I'm not sure how to tell if it "took". > > Thanks John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77
