Re: gEDA-user: pcb: I'm having trouble getting traces to contact some pads

[Frazer Williams <pfw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 19:10 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I'm pretty new at using pcb and have encountered a problem I can't
> > figure out.  My problem is that for several components, pcb won't allow
> > me to draw a trace line all the way to the pad.  I can draw the trace
> > almost to the pad, but then it refuses to go any farther.
> 
> Shut off "auto-enforce DRC clearance".
> 
> Next time, start the trace on the pad and work towards the other
> copper, or make sure you have a loaded netlist and have used the 'o'
> option to set up the rats.
> 
> Also, don't end refdes's with lower case letters - they're reserved
> for gates within devices.  End with upper case or a digit; the lower
> case letters are simply ignored.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  The last paragraph (about not ending a
refdes with a lower case letter) was the trick!  I don't think I would
have ever figured that one out on my own.

I suggest putting this suggestion in the pcb_tips item Stuart pointed
out to me:

http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#i_want_to_draw_a_track_between_two_segments_on_the_same_net_but_pcb_won_t_let_me_why

Frazer


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