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Re: gEDA-user: How do I complete a line to an existing line/pad ?



On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 16:02 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote:

> The auto DRC lets you connect to "found" objects.  When auto DRC is on
> and you start a line, you'll see everything you can connect to light
> up green.  You can never connect floating elements (eg a via with no
> thermals) to a net because the via is not connected to anything.  I
> did recently discover you can get the 'f' find action to hilite your
> target and then start your line and connect those two things together.
> 
> I will probably also add some heuristics for things like vias, so if
> you move directly to a via you'll be allowed to connect (but if you just
> try to go 'near' it you'll still be held off).

I knew something like that was going on because I did manage to connect
a few.  Thanks for chiming in, Ben.  PCB worked very well for me.
Thanks for all your work. 






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