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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB connect pad to plane
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On 10/3/20 10:16 AM, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Erich:
>> the thermal tool can be a bit counter intuitive
>>
>> if you select the layer of copper it needs to connect to in the layer
>> list, _then_ apply the thermal tool, you can cycle through thermal
>> types to connect the pad to this layer.
> ...
> 
> The thermal tool don't work on pads in pcb, only pins.
> 
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar
> 

If the pad is on the same layer as the plane, then I go to the menus and
disable the lines,etc. clear polygons. Then I draw a trace from the pad
into the plane.

Being careful to turn the clear polygons back on afterwards!

Otherwise it is draw a trace to a via.

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David Schultz