--- peterhaaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > this is the first i am asking in this group, also i > am used to read > quite a long time now. I have done a couple of > simple designs yet > all without much problems, but i wouldn´t call > myself as a Kicad > expert. I hope this will change and i will be able > to contribute > here as well. > > My question may be a bit stupid, but i had no real > luck dealing > with this issue. > I want to design a single layer board. So i need to > use wire jumpers > to get some parts conected. I can insert holes and > draw a graphical > line to be able to remember this jumper later, but > since i do not have > this jumber in the netlist, nothing keeps track of > this junction, i > can not run a design check successfully, etc. > > I hope one understands what i mean, and hope much > more that someone > can suggest a solution. > > Thanx, Peter > > PS: Many thanx to you all, esp. to the developers, > without this > wonderful software would not exist. > >
If you really, really, must have them on the BOM you'll need to create them as special symbols in the schematic and corresponding foot-prints in the lay-out. The couple of times I needed this I made them as zero-ohm resistors with a 400 mil foot-print. For a configurable board I made a jumper symbol with a 100 mil fp. As others have mentioned, the usual way is to make a double-sided board making sure the top-side tracks are all straight lines[1]. Length can be variable as needed. Be sure to check the via size. Won't show up on the BOM but after assembly any empty holes will be quite conspicuous. You can always draw a line between them on the silk-screen. [1] Not necessarily. I have seen boards with diagonal and wiggly jumpers, sometimes under it. May be bad form, but hey, if it works... - YD. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
