Still working on getting started with PCBNEW. Coming from an ExpressPCB background.
I have my design finished and all the footprints associated with symbols in the net list using Cvpcb. I have imported the netlist into PCBNEW and placed a few of the power components where they need to be. I let the program auto-place everything else which at least scattered things out, though I'll have to re-do almost everything. Here's my problem. this is a 4 layer board with the inner planes being defined as Vcc and Gnd (just like ExpressPCB does). Thing is, I don't know how to get there. Do I have to draw the individual planes on the layers? Can I give the plane a net name like "Vcc"? Will that cause automatic connectivity to everything on the Vcc net? One other question. I need an interior cut-out on the board for the winding of a transformer to protrude through. How do I draw that? THe same way that I drew the board outline? I've drawn it on the "board outline" layer but I'm not sure how to tell if it "took". Thanks John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77
