Re: gEDA-user: How to connect SMD pad to copper polygon

["harry eaton" <bumpelo@comcast.net>]

Use the "j" key over a line to change whether it clears or connects to a
polygon.
There's also a setting in the "settings" menu that controls whether new
lines initially
clear or connect to polys.

harry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Werner Hoch" <werner.ho@gmx.de>
To: <geda-user@seul.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:24 PM
Subject: gEDA-user: How to connect SMD pad to copper polygon


> Hi,
>
> I need to connect a pad of an SMD capacitor to a copper polygon on the
> soldering layer.
>
> If I use the line tool the keepaway mechanism makes it impossible to
> connect to the copper.
>
> Decreasing the keepaway distance in the pcb-file to 0 (Shift K is
> limited to 1mil) seems to work, but pcb does not detect the
> connections.
> The rats nets are still there.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> best regards
> Werner