Re: gEDA-user: Thermals

[Harry Eaton <bumpelo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karel Kulhavy wrote:

> Why is it possible to make a thermal for pin, but not for a pad?
>  
The reason is that pins usually have sufficient spacing that the plane 
surrounding them remains intact on all sides and pads usually are so 
tightly spaced that they do not. Because of this you must manually draw 
the thermal "fingers" to connect the pad to the ground plane. Be sure 
that you have the settings such that new lines connect to planes when 
you draw them. If you need to make several such thermals, spend a little 
time making the first one just the way you want then copy the fingers to 
the buffer and paste it where you want the others.

h.