Re: gEDA-user: pcb, howto get plain rats lines instead of circles

[Bert Timmerman <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 07:56 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> FWIW,
> 
> I notice that both rat lines on the pads with circles (in C600 and C601)
> have the "via" flag set.
> 
> I wonder, what could have triggered this ?
> 
> Is it that the layer named "component" is not defined to be on the
> component side (04) of the board, but is defined as an inner layer
> (02) ?
> 
> BTW: the "solder" layer group (01) is not on the solder side (03), which
> is also defined as an inner layer.
> 
> There are no layers defined for (03) and (04), so this board only has
> inner layers, no outside layers (all components are buried !).
> 

The pads of the components (probably) live on an undefined layer on the
component side of the board so the only way to connect to an inner layer
is by via-in-pad ! without traces.

> Correcting the layer definitions does not solve the appearance of "rat
> via's".
> 
> Selecting the net of the C601-2 gives that the "rat via's" and the
> copper rectangle on "component", all belong to the AGND net.
> 
> It seems to be fairly easy to connect to the copper rectangle on the
> "component" layer, so the rat "via" goes away, so to me there seems to
> be no reason for a via.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Bert Timmerman.
> 
> On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 23:58 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, den 07.10.2008, 18:34 +0200 schrieb Stefan Salewski:
> > >  I will myself make a test with a
> > > layout created from scratch. 
> > > 
> > 
> > Done -- same bug.
> > 
> > I used a other, simple schematic used gsch2pcb to generate initial
> > board, opened board with pcb, imported netlist, dispersed elements, draw
> > a rectangle, and connected net AGND to this plane. If I position a
> > capacitor near above or below the plane I get these circles -- on left
> > and right side all is OK.
> > 
> > http://www.ssalewski.de/tmp/b2.pcb
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Stefan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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