Afshin,
  the easiest way to accomplish this is to create a new schematic component
with only three pins, your common pin and your two outside resistor pins.
You can then create a PCB symbol to represent the two resistors end-to-end
and have the three pads on that symbol.

Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Afshin Salehi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 4:21 PM
> To: Protel EDA Forum
> Subject: [PEDA] Overlapping Pads
>
>
> Hello,
>
>     I am trying to place two resistors on a board such that they
> are end-to-end and they share one common hole.  So you end up
> with 3 holes and either a resistor can be placed in one side or
> the other to select different voltage levels.  When I try to
> route the board it will not route the overlapping pads.  I am
> trying to figure out how I can make Protel alright with this and
> I was wondering if anyone has done this before.
>
>
>
>     Thanks for your time,
>
>         Afshin Salehi
>
>         DPS Telecom
>
>
>
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