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Re: gEDA-user: PCB suggestion



On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 08:06:36PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > OTOH, I don't like the current layer arrangement in PCB, which
> > provides separate tabs for metal_top and GND_top (i.e. plane), and so
> > on.  There should be one tab per layer & you should handle plane
> > vs. routing layer issues using positive and negative layers.
> 
> You're talking about the layer groups.  I think those exist just so
> you can have different nets be different colors, even when on the same
> physical layer.

Heh it reminds me that I could try to use them in my board, actually ;-)
I somehow didn't concede that they can be connected without vias ;-)

Cl<