--- In [email protected], "newskyperhh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, sure ... but, so i must change my schematic. > It isn't possible to change the layer, place a pad or something else > and have no trouble by ERC check. > > LG > > Bo >
In the same vein is it possible to put arbitrary VIAs on the boards? I need them for connecting thermal pads through layers. In Eagle, I would just add VIAs to the board and assign them to the appropriate net. It seems that this is not possible in Kicad. The ability to add arbitrary vias (without routing traces) would solve both of these issues at once. Maybe merging the module editor and the PCB editor would facilitate this? Reason being, the module editor allows you to add pads, and the PCB editor does not... Combing pcbnew with the module editor may also allow one to create small 'pcb modules' where you have a common design (say a switching power supply) that you could put in a module, and 'stamp' it on each board you need one on, already pre-done. On the schematic it would show up like a hierarchical sheet... Ahh yes, lets bring modular design to PCB design! :) The same would have to be done with the library editor and eeschema to get that to work of course... I don't know anything about the internals of kicad, nor am I a C++ programmer, else I would volunteer to do it myself. I think this is a feature that would bring quite a few people over to the platform. It would definitely save time for people. I know it would for me, as I always have at least one small switching PSU on all my designs, and avoiding having to redo it every time (or cut and paste it and reannotate everything) would save quite a bit of time. Any possibility of this being a feature in the future? (the VIA thing, sorry about getting off on a tangent!) Thanks, Mike
