On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 19:10 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > I'm pretty new at using pcb and have encountered a problem I can't > > figure out. My problem is that for several components, pcb won't allow > > me to draw a trace line all the way to the pad. I can draw the trace > > almost to the pad, but then it refuses to go any farther. > > Shut off "auto-enforce DRC clearance". > > Next time, start the trace on the pad and work towards the other > copper, or make sure you have a loaded netlist and have used the 'o' > option to set up the rats. > > Also, don't end refdes's with lower case letters - they're reserved > for gates within devices. End with upper case or a digit; the lower > case letters are simply ignored.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. The last paragraph (about not ending a refdes with a lower case letter) was the trick! I don't think I would have ever figured that one out on my own. I suggest putting this suggestion in the pcb_tips item Stuart pointed out to me: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#i_want_to_draw_a_track_between_two_segments_on_the_same_net_but_pcb_won_t_let_me_why Frazer _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
