In pcbnew, click the add modules button and add the module 1PIN. Then right click on the pad and select pad/edit pad. Here you can assign the pad to a net and adjust the size as needed.
--- In [email protected], "ahuitzot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "newskyperhh" <boris.fiedler@> > 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 >
