On 14 Apr 2007 at 17:54, Victor Faria wrote:
> At this point I do not care about schematic or even naming the > pins/connections on pins If I put a rubber band there let it route. > Is this possible with kicad now??? If so are is there a tutorial on this?? > > > Thank you > > Victor In order to see the rubber band, you need to create the schematic in Eeschema (you may be able to import a schematic from another program) and save the netlist. The netlist must contain module names for all of the components. This can be done by clicking the "Run CvPCB" button on the top. Once all components have existing modules assigned to them, save the netlist. Now run PCBNew. Read in the netlist you created in Eeschema. PCBNew will place all of the modules on top of each other. Press the "Mode Module" button (next to last button on top toolbar). Then in a blank area of the board, click the right mouse button. Then select the "Move all modules" selection. This will separate all the modules.(don't know why this is not the default upon reading the netlist). You can now move them to where you want. When you move them, you will see the rubber banding. I have not tried the autorouter. I did try the autoplace ONCE. It took a very long time and placed the modules in a really weird way. Manual placing with the rubber banding is quite easy. The DRC will tell you how many routes are left to complete. It also won't let you (unless you turn it off) mis-route. It can also be set with the required clearance between traces and pads, etc, and will not let you violate that clearance. Dave - WB6DHW <http://users.wildblue.net/wb6dhw>
