Re: gEDA-user: Adding groundplane?

[John Ackermann N8UR <jra@xxxxxxxx>]

John Ackermann N8UR wrote:

>Leva wrote:
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>>The second is the subject line of this message.  After placing all the
>>lines, some via autoroute and some manually, when I then use a rectangle
>>over the whole area to add a groundplane, only a few of the lines remain
>>visible; it seems others are overwritten by the rectangle tool.  How do
>>I "flood" the board to put a groundplane, without losing the lines that
>>I've previously laid?
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>>You should lay your lines with the "enable new line/arc clear polygons"
>>options checked. 
>>Have fun with gEDA tools!
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>Hi Levente --
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>Well, I tried that and I still find that some lines have clearance in
>the polygon, while others don't.  I set the clear polygons option, laid
>down the rectangle, did optimize rats nest, then autoroute all rats.  I
>got numerous warnings about shorted netlists, and the traces didn't
>clear the polygons.  I'm not sure what's going on...
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>73,
>John
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Folks, I'm still stumped.  My autorouted lines just don't clear the
rectangle, no matter what I do.  If I add lines after laying down the
polygon, they do clear. But the autorouted lines don't.  Could I send my
.pcb file to one of you to see if we can figure out what's wrong?

By the way -- I'm using version 20050127.

Thanks,

John