Re: gEDA-user: Adding groundplane?

[John Ackermann N8UR <jra@xxxxxxxx>]

Leva wrote:

>The second is the subject line of this message.  After placing all the
>lines, some via autoroute and some manually, when I then use a rectangle
>over the whole area to add a groundplane, only a few of the lines remain
>visible; it seems others are overwritten by the rectangle tool.  How do
>I "flood" the board to put a groundplane, without losing the lines that
>I've previously laid?
>  
>
>
>You should lay your lines with the "enable new line/arc clear polygons"
>options checked. 
>Have fun with gEDA tools!
>  
>
Hi Levente --

Well, I tried that and I still find that some lines have clearance in
the polygon, while others don't.  I set the clear polygons option, laid
down the rectangle, did optimize rats nest, then autoroute all rats.  I
got numerous warnings about shorted netlists, and the traces didn't
clear the polygons.  I'm not sure what's going on...

73,
John