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Re: gEDA-user: pcb: strategies for 2-layer polygon planes? (chopped up polygons...)



Colin D Bennett wrote:

> Does anyone have any strategies or tips for general design of ground
> planes in 2-layer PCBs?  Do you do a ground flood, or do you remove all
> extra copper?

I usually route everything, including ground connections with ordinary 
tracks. Then I select all ground connections and set their join flag
with the setflag() action and draw a large polygon. Sometimes I need 
to draw additional rectangles because the dicer removed some parts.

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