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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:39:59 -0400
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On 03/13/2012 03:58 PM, Stephen Ecob wrote:
>> BTW - is there a better way to deal with rats going to ground? It seems to
>> want to connect them to "nearby" components when they could be a lot less
>> confusing if they picked another point at ground.
>
> If you have a ground plane then the rats to ground are simply shown as
> circles (indicating you just need a via to make the connection).
>
> To create a ground plane:
> 1. Place a rectangle or polygon to create the plane
> 2. manually connect one ground pin or pad to the plane using a line
> with "new lines clear polygons" turned off.

   ...or draw the line into the plane, which creates clearance in the 
plane around the line, then position the cursor over the line and hit 
"j".  Much faster than dinking around with menus over and over.

                -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA