Thanks a lot for your answers Robert, I'm testing FreeRouter

Best Regards


Carlos

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote:

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> >> KiCAD allows you to assign any net to a zone using the zone property
> >> dialog (that appears when you create or edit a zone).
> >>
> >>
> > Yes, you're right, but when I assign a net to a zone (GND for example )
> the
> > tool show the pads connected to this zone, but don't remove the
> > "unconnected" line.
>
> I know there has been some discussion on this. When I started using
> KiCAD I hit this same issue and just knuckled down to adding a narrow
> dummy track to interconnect the relevant pads so that they would no
> longer appear disconnected. This turned out to be not such a bad thing
> on a one or two layer board as it reduces the chances of creating an
> island. On multilayer boards it is nothing but a chore. Since all my
> boards are two layer I haven't followed the discussion closely, so I'm
> not sure what is the current status. I guess you could always let
> FreeRouter do the dummy power tracks for you on a multi-layer board :).
>
>
> >> Not sure what you mean, as you can move tracks around very easily. Do
> >> you mean push-and-shove? If so, FreeRouter does this splendidly IMHO.
> >>
> >>
> > yes, I mean push-and-shove, you mean that with pcbnew I can't make a
> > push-and-shove? Is necessary use FreeRouter?
>
> That's correct. Transfer of data between the two is largely painless
> though, and I really can't recommend FreeRouter highly enough. It
> works very well, and using it is mostly child's play. Hmmm.
> Actually, using an Etchasketch was far more difficult...
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert.
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Carlos Iván Camargo Bareño
Profesor Asistente
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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