gEDA-user: PCB Ground Plane - Autowiring?

[Marcel.Schmedes.EXTERN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello @all,
during the last Week is started a Project with gEDA, right now the 
Schematics are complete, but now I want to layout the whole thing using 
PCB. I want to use a 4-layer pcb (signal, vcc, gnd, signal).

1. Is there an comfortable way of telling pcb to connect all vcc and gnd 
nets to the correct plane? To put and connect every pad by hand-putting a 
via and connecting it with a thermal to the plane doesn't seem very 
comfortable to me... BTW the design is using SMD-only components.

2. I'm using a PowerPAD (TM) Device, which has a pad to connect thermal 
and electrical to the ground plane. How to connect best to the plane? 
(Also thermal - so not using "thermal".)

3. I need to connect the output from my onboard switching power supply to 
the corresponding planes (5.1V/2.2A). Do you have any recommendations how 
to connect a high current trace to a plane?

BTW: After drawing a large schematic with gschem and also building some 
new footprints with pcb I'm quite lucky that I choosed gEDA. ;)

Thanks in advance,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
cand. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Marcel Schmedes 
Research & Technology 
Cockpit Cabin Control 


Diehl Aerospace GmbH 
An der Sandelmuehle 13 
D-60439 Frankfurt/Main 
Phone: +49 (0) 69 5805-1712
Mail: marcel.schmedes.extern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www. http://www.diehl-aerospace.de

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