Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-07 Thread Steve Meier
ahhh a rat in my mind is a potential trace between two points of a netlist. If you want to draw a trace that isn't part of the netlist then a rat has no meaning. at least in my mind. Steve M. Lope De Vega wrote: Check me if I am wrong... you have a pin that isn't part of a net and you are

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-07 Thread Dave N6NZ
Lope De Vega wrote: Hello, I've got a chip on my layout. In gscheme I didn't bind some of it's pins, though I'd like to, once in pcb, add a via and connect the pin to it, How do you use to do this? Are you trying to add break out pads so that you can get to the pins in a prototyping

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-07 Thread Peter Clifton
On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 00:01 -0800, Steve Meier wrote: ahhh a rat in my mind is a potential trace between two points of a netlist. If you want to draw a trace that isn't part of the netlist then a rat has no meaning. at least in my mind. You can actually build a rats-nest in PCB, in very

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-07 Thread DJ Delorie
I've got a chip on my layout. In gscheme I didn't bind some of it's pins, though I'd like to, once in pcb, add a via and connect the pin to it, How do you use to do this? In pcb, I can add rat lines from such a chip's pins to existing layout components but if I create a via and try to link

gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-06 Thread Lope De Vega
Hello, I've got a chip on my layout. In gscheme I didn't bind some of it's pins, though I'd like to, once in pcb, add a via and connect the pin to it, How do you use to do this? I've tried connecting it to a terminal in gscheme and just leaving it like that, though I'm curious. In pcb, I can

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-06 Thread Steve Meier
Dang first though that came through my brain was the concept of trying to shove a rat down a via. When you say it doesn't work are you talking about the drc complaining? Steve Meier Lope De Vega wrote: Hello, I've got a chip on my layout. In gscheme I didn't bind some of it's pins, though

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-06 Thread Lope De Vega
--- Steve Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dang first though that came through my brain was the concept of trying to shove a rat down a via. When you say it doesn't work are you talking about the drc complaining? Steve Meier Am no, it doesn't complain, but it doesn't work, nor to a

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-06 Thread Steve Meier
I suspect DJ will strigihten you out but I also suspect, though I haven't used the latest versions, that you can turn off the automatic drc. Check me if I am wrong... you have a pin that isn't part of a net and you are trying to route a trace from that pin to a via. And it won't physically

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-06 Thread Lope De Vega
Check me if I am wrong... you have a pin that isn't part of a net and you are trying to route a trace from that pin to a via. And it won't physically connect to the via? That's exactly what I was trying to say, sorry my english. As you say, if I turn off autoenforce DRC clearance I can then

Re: gEDA-user: how to add a rat to a via?

2007-12-06 Thread Ben Jackson
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 11:24:12PM -0800, Lope De Vega wrote: Am no, it doesn't complain, but it doesn't work, nor to a via or to a hole. What I'm doing is selecting the pin with the line tool trying to draw a line from it to via, though it doesn't stick to it. You can't do that. You can