All you are doing is using Eeschema as a quick and easy way of creating a netlist.
Kicad is NOT a complete PCB design package as such, it is more a collection of several individual components which are all managed collectively. Information is passed between the various software modules mainly via the netlist files. This means that you can use them is quite a few different ways. I've juts created a very simpe Eeschema design, a power port for VCC and GND, I attached a power flag to each, and also a 1 pin conector (just to create the required net) Run it through CVTpcb etc and generate the netlist. Read that netlist into pcbmew, then create zones, the VCC and GND nets then appear. I don't know exactly what you are trying to do, but there are a few problem in not using Eeschema, mainly because it can be a bit of a pain getting tracks to connect to various pins and pickingup the required net. You may find that adding a few extra pins to the minimial Eeschema circuit will give you a few points that you can connect to. Dont forget that you can simply reduce the pad sizes of any such connectors down to a point where they are smaller than your track size, and so that will effectively vanish. Just give it a try, you won't break anything :-)) Happy new Year Andy On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:22:20 -0800 rocko <[email protected]> wrote: > WOW, really? > I can just add a Vcc and GND port without using any of the modules on my > PBC.? > That's if I read your reply right, Cause that would be great! > > I was beginning to think I had to do the whole PCB in Eeschem just to > get a GND port. > > On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 13:45 +0000, Andy Eskelson wrote: > > > > In Eeschema you need to add the appropriate power port. > > This will give the net a name, which will then be picked up. > > > > Without using Eeschema, then I would guess that the only way would be > > to > > manually edit/create a netlist. > > > > In your case I would just create a simple schematic with the power > > ports on it, and generate a netlist that way. Should take you all of > > 60 > > secs to do :-) > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:44:12 -0800 > > rocko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I designed a board with out a schematic just used PCBnew. > > > But at the end when i try to add a gnd zone there isn't a gnd net > > listed > > > in the add zones tool window. > > > > > > I assume I need a gnd or vcc net to add a zone. > > > Is there away to do this in PCBnew? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
