I have experimented a bit more and found out the following: -When you place a via to a ground zone, it is actually recognized as a connection. -When you delete the zone filling and refill again, the ground connection is lost.
This is quite tedious. It would be great if a future software version would recover these connections. Visually, the connections are still present, so the filler algorithm actually does recognize that there should be a connection. It's just not electrically manifested. Regards, Tom --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2008 at 20:22, tom_iphi wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a board design with tracks and smd components on top. > > Almost all of the bottom/copper side is a zone connected to ground. > > Many of my smd components are to be connected to the copper ground zone > > with a via. > > > > BUT: The DRC does not recognize a via to the copper zone as connection > > to the ground net. How can I properly avoid these errors, as they cover > > up the real errors, which are probably there, too? > > > > Thanks, Tom > > > You have to route tracks to all the ground points to satisfy the DRC. > > Dave - WB6DHW > <http://wb6dhw.com> >
