The pins that you are going to connect must be connected in the netlist file, otherwise the software won't allow you to connect them. A way out is to disable the 'auto DRC clearance' in the settings manu.
vax, 9000 On 6/23/05, Samuel A. Falvo II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm attempting to connect some nets by hand in a PCB layout that I > have, but the thing won't let me! For example, after I get done > drawing the vias and the actual lines, I end up with the following > situation (please excuse the use of ASCII art, but a picture is more > succinct than words here): > > o------ * > | * > | * > | * > | > | > o-- * > * > > Note that there are unavoidable *gaps* between the pins of the ICs and > the lines that join to them. > > I so far have not found *any* way to circumvent this. What am I doing > wrong? I find it excruciatingly hard to believe that auto-routing and > direct, point-to-point connections are the *only* way to join nets. > :( > > Thanks. > > -- > Samuel A. Falvo II >
