At 04:12 PM 2/26/2002 -0500, Sean James wrote: >Does anybody know of an easy way to "sprinkle" vias on a board? I want to >place several (100+) vias on a board to get a good top-bottom current flow >for GND.
Here is what I would do. I would place *pads* with the same size pad and hole as will be used in the via. I would give the pad a distinctive name like "STITCH." I could then globally edit them to GND, and select them in the same operation. Then Tools/Convert/Free Pads to Vias could be used to convert them to vias if this is desired. Otherwise they could be left as free pads. Normally the fastest way to create vias is to place them in contact with track or pads holding the net one wishes the vias to inherit, then they can be moved into position. In this case that would be tedious by comparison with what I suggested. I would also consider placing the pads in an array, all at once. Some of them would inherit other nets, but I could then, as described, edit them all to ground, then go over the board and move them as required to avoid shorts. This way I would get a relatively controlled density of vias.... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
