Hi Emanuel, The ability to make a single sided PCB has been lost by the developpement team in some versions... Fortunately, the last version, dated 15 07 2008 has recovered this possibility : you just have to choose copper for the two layers.
Remy --- In [email protected], "Alain M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Emanuel, > > I see that you are pursuing this, so I may perhaps help you in some > other way... Considering that you said that it is a simple board, I am > assuming also that it is reasonably small, then what "I" would do is this: > > 1) with all in place, components and nets, save what you have > 2) auto-route once, just to see what you get > 3) use the Recover or Previous version to undo the routes, > 4) if you like what you see, route some tracks manualy using the > rat-nets, otherwise move things around for a better layout > 5) check DRC to see if there are errors, > 6) repeat from 1) or 2) a few times > > This is not auto-route at all, I know, but you will get what you want > very fast. The integrated router is so easy to apply, that I use this > procedure even for dual layer and in the end 99% is hand-routed. > > I hope this helps, > Alain > > Emanuel Rumpf escreveu: > > How to make a board single-sided ?? > > > > In the tutorial I read: > > > > "We wish to make a single-sided board for this simple circuit, so > > we'll tell the auto-router to use only one side. Right-click in an > > empty area and select "Global Autoroute>Select layer pair". In the > > dialog, select "Copper" for both Top Layer and Bottom Layer, and click > > OK. (Some people call it the "solder side" instead of the "copper > > side".) " > > > > BUT if I try, I get the message "The Top Layer and Bottom Layer must differ" > > > > why, please ?? > > (mode: track and autorouting was selected) > > > > thanks > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. > > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. > > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. > > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >
