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Subject:	Re: [geda-help] toporouter and thermals
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RTFM eh?

To answer my own questions: "The current implementation is not capable to connect pads to rectangles and polygons." Translation: you've got to do the thermals yourself.

Solved that by splitting my .nets file into "Power" and "Everything Else". Route Power with the regular autorouter, route Everything Else with toporouter.

The toporouter is fabulous at finding routes. It would be totally fabulous if it could do vias.

Cam

On 2023-07-14 17:36, Cam (camfarnell AT bitflipper DOT ca) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> I'm using pcb version 4.2.2 to design a 4-layer board which uses only through-hole components.
> 
> I create the Ground and Power layers then manually place one thermal to connect the Ground layer to a ground pin, and one to connect the Power layer to a power pin.
> 
> If I then run the standard autorouter at completion there are thermals connecting all the appropriate pins to the Ground and Power layers.
> 
> But if I run the toporouter it shows no route failures but neither are there any thermals for ground and power pins other than the two I placed manually.
> 
> Am I missing something or is the deal that if I use the toporouter then I need to place the thermals manually?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Cam Farnell

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