1. Jumpers Agreed. I use oversized vias for that and although you can create a "wire" component, such component should be stretchable in increments of 2,54mm to be really useful
2. Abitrary pads I just place the component "1PIN" and make the size of the hole what I want. works great. To place connected stuff that is not in the schematic/netlist, you need to turn off DRC though 3. Trace width Yes, a dropdown of common widths would help to get a more consistent board. - Anders Gustafsson Engineer, CNE6, ASE Pedago, The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) www.pedago.fi phone +358 18 12060 mobile +358 40506 7099 fax +358 18 14060 >>> "James" <[email protected]> 2010-04-09 23:39 >>> No easy way to designate jumpers for single sided boards. I've been using enlarged vias but this is not ideal. It would be really great if I could just plunk down a couple of standard pads of the desired size/shape and designate them as connected. I've seen products that have a wire component that can be used to connect between points. Similarly, I can't just plunk down pads arbitrarily in the layout. I like to use pads to designate mounting screw holes and such, or for test points, flying leads, etc. It really ought to be possible to place pads without them being part of a package. Trace width selection is cumbersome, rather than a dropdown list of common widths with the option to enter an arbitrary list, it seems one has to create a list of trace sizes otherwise by default there is only one available, and there is a limit of 7(?) custom sizes.
