> 1. Is there an comfortable way of telling pcb to connect all vcc and > gnd nets to the correct plane? To put and connect every pad by > hand-putting a via and connecting it with a thermal to the plane > doesn't seem very comfortable to me... BTW the design is using > SMD-only components.
You'd expect the autorouter to do this, but it doesn't. Sorry, it's manual. > 2.I'm using a PowerPAD (TM) Device, which has a pad to connect > thermal and electrical to the ground plane. How to connect best to > the plane? (Also thermal - so not using "thermal".) Use a via, and shift-click the thermal tool, for each connected layer, until it's "solid" instead of thermalled. > 3. I need to connect the output from my onboard switching power supply to > the corresponding planes (5.1V/2.2A). Do you have any recommendations how > to connect a high current trace to a plane? Multiple solid-connected vias. The "width" of the trace will be the circumference of the via's hole. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
