Well, the reason why I did not created a schematic before is quite simple: my board is operating at high frequencies and therefore I designed it heavily in simulation tools. Unfortunately these tools do not provide any outport format which would allow me to go directly into KiCAD. That's why I did a "on-the"fly" PCB design without using a schematic before.
Anyway I will try the work around of placing the via after creating the zones. Thanks, Mirko On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Cat C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Mirko, > > I don't know how (why even) to create a layout without a schematic so my > workaround may not work if you do it that way. > If you had a schematic, nets would have names and you would connect the > zone (in properties) to the GND net (or whatever you called it), same as the > pin of the componnent you want to connect to it. > > Without a schematic you can try to fill zone, place via, then do > EDIT/Cleanup Tracks and Vias/ Unselect all but "Merge Segments" (maybe > connect to pads?)/Clean PCB. > > Good luck, > > Cat > > > > ------------------------------ > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:36:48 +0200 > Subject: [kicad-users] PCBnew - Howto connect vias to zone > > > Hi, > > I am currently working on a double layer PCB where vias are used to connect > all grounds together. All components are mounted on the top side. The > grounds of the components are connected by using vias to zones on the bottom > side of the PCB. When I ask to fill the zones I have always a cutout around > the vias. The same happens with the vias of the SMA connectors on the same > board. Also in the GERBER plots the cutouts are still there. > > What do I do wrong? > > When I define the zone parameters PCBnew gives the error message that I did > choose the "no connected" option and this would create copper island. Maybe > for additional explanation: I created the board without making a schematic > in KiCAD. > > Thanks for your help, > Mirko > > > > > -- Mirko Scholz Groefstraat 27 Bus 1.01 3000 Leuven - Belgium
