Thanks Andy and Jorge The polygons I am talking about are the zones in PCBNew. They need to be on the same net as the vias that connect to them.
These parts - like this 3.5mm terminal connector - just don't exist in the Kicad libraries - I have to make my own - but I see what you are saying about grid alignment and pin naming and defining. So you are saying that I should be able to click anywhere inside the round area of the pin to connect? For my ground it seems like a 1x1 pixel. Maybe I need to make the round circle visible for my +5V and GND power objects. I should probably run through the tutorial with the kicad libraries - unfortunately I have put all the libraries together and can't distinguish between the native kicad libs - so I have to sort that out. thanks again Ted So +5V is power out and Vcc is power in - that is what I thought - and that seems the logical convention. ________________________________ From: Joerg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:52:00 AM Subject: [kicad-users] Re: learning some basics Andy Eskelson wrote: > Hi Ted, > > You are not the only one that has had problems getting started, I ran > into quite a few problems at first. > > n Eeschema it works by default in a "snap to grid" mode, so there is not > really any need for a snap to pin. > > I see that you are creating your own parts - that's jumping in at the > deep end for sure :-) ... Oh yeah, it sure is a brazen jump :-) But it's good that Ted started with what absolutely must be learned, the creation of his own libraries. Kicad would benefit from allowing larger zoom levels. That'll show a disconnect even if ever so small. With Eagle you can zoom as far as it takes to see the speck of dirt on the back of a fly. Ted: You can name pins anyway you want but it would be good not to prefer attributes that "avoid ERC warnings". That's like putting a piece of duct tape over the check engine light in your car ;-) [...] -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogco nsultants. com/
