Re: gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:32:41 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > One way is to start your board in PCB - set up the layers, size, > mounting holes, flags, etc - all the mechanical stuff. *Then* run > gsch2pcb and merge in the new stuff. This looks like the recommended work flow. Maybe the tutorial should

Re: gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-17 Thread DJ Delorie
One way is to start your board in PCB - set up the layers, size, mounting holes, flags, etc - all the mechanical stuff. *Then* run gsch2pcb and merge in the new stuff. That way, you start with the layout *you* want, and not the default board gsch2pcb offers. This also lets you have templates fo

Re: gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-17 Thread Dave N6NZ
DJ Delorie wrote: >> Yes, that's a stupid default, > > It's not the default in pcb itself, though. Most likely, it's the > template that gsch2pcb uses, which is obsolete and weirdly configured. Sorry for the late hit on this thread... I've been out of town for a week. I need a how-to. I've al

Re: gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-12 Thread DJ Delorie
> Yes, that's a stupid default, It's not the default in pcb itself, though. Most likely, it's the template that gsch2pcb uses, which is obsolete and weirdly configured. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/m

Re: gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-12 Thread Ben Jackson
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 05:48:47PM -0300, Donato Azevedo wrote: > http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Nov-2006/msg00225.html and this > response: http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Nov-2006/msg00227.html > which suggested setting the flag lines/arcs clear polygons. All I > found was Settings->New li

Re: gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-12 Thread DJ Delorie
> All I found was Settings->New lines, arcs clear polygon. That's the setting. > But that did not work: I had a board already routed Well, those aren't *new* lines, those are *old* lines. > and I tried placing a rectangle on the solder layer but it covered > the routes and all I got was a full

gEDA-user: Ground plane question

2007-07-12 Thread Donato Azevedo
Guys, I have a little doubt regarding filling empty areas of the board. I read this thread: http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Nov-2006/msg00225.html and this response: http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Nov-2006/msg00227.html which suggested setting the flag lines/arcs clear polygons. All I found