John Ackermann N8UR wrote: >Leva wrote: > > > >>The second is the subject line of this message. After placing all the >>lines, some via autoroute and some manually, when I then use a rectangle >>over the whole area to add a groundplane, only a few of the lines remain >>visible; it seems others are overwritten by the rectangle tool. How do >>I "flood" the board to put a groundplane, without losing the lines that >>I've previously laid? >> >> >> >>You should lay your lines with the "enable new line/arc clear polygons" >>options checked. >>Have fun with gEDA tools! >> >> >> >> >Hi Levente -- > >Well, I tried that and I still find that some lines have clearance in >the polygon, while others don't. I set the clear polygons option, laid >down the rectangle, did optimize rats nest, then autoroute all rats. I >got numerous warnings about shorted netlists, and the traces didn't >clear the polygons. I'm not sure what's going on... > >73, >John > > Folks, I'm still stumped. My autorouted lines just don't clear the rectangle, no matter what I do. If I add lines after laying down the polygon, they do clear. But the autorouted lines don't. Could I send my .pcb file to one of you to see if we can figure out what's wrong?
By the way -- I'm using version 20050127. Thanks, John
