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From: "gene glick (geneglick AT optonline DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 21:04:15 -0400
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Subject: [geda-user] PCB, 2 parts physically in the same place
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I want to do this on purpose. One part, a 2X16 character display has 10
connections to the PCB. Problem is, they are just holes. It is meant to
have a 10 pin header on the PCB, and then the display gets positioned over
the header and soldered in place. So I placed a 10-pin header in the same
location that the display holes. They line up perfectly but the sizes are
slightly different (a little more or less annulus for example).

I could simply get rid of the 10-pin header (yeah, I think that's the way
to go in the short term), and remember to order it. If it's in the
schematic though, it gets into the BOM...which is good.

Anyway, PCB doesn't allow a couple of things - I cannot make a thermal
connection to the plane on either top or bottom of board. Instead, I made
some traces to the plane. Now DRC reports a problem with too little overlap.

Is this a bug?

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I want to do this on purpose. One part, a 2X16 charac=
ter display has 10 connections to the PCB. Problem is, they are just holes.=
 It is meant to have a 10 pin header on the PCB, and then the display gets =
positioned over the header and soldered in place. So I placed a 10-pin head=
er in the same location that the display holes. They line up perfectly but =
the sizes are slightly different (a little more or less annulus for example=
).</div><div><br></div><div>I could simply get rid of the 10-pin header (ye=
ah, I think that&#39;s the way to go in the short term), and remember to or=
der it. If it&#39;s in the schematic though, it gets into the BOM...which i=
s good.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, PCB doesn&#39;t allow a couple of =
things - I cannot make a thermal connection to the plane on either top or b=
ottom of board. Instead, I made some traces to the plane. Now DRC reports a=
 problem with too little overlap.</div><div><br></div><div>Is this a bug?=
=C2=A0<br></div></div>

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