Re: gEDA-user: Re: ground plane fill

[Andy Peters <devel-atMUNGEDlatke_dot_net>]

On Feb 12, 2007, at 6:58 AM, Dan McMahill wrote:

> Peter Baxendale wrote:
>>>> For that matter, why
>>>> isn't it just automatic
>>>> that lines and arcs in the same net as the polygon
>>>> merge, and others clear?
>>>
>>> Well, before the poly exists, or before any lines
>>> connect to it, how do you know what net it belongs to?
>>>
>>> If the net is unknown, it would mean no polygons could
>>> ever connect to anything - they begin life not
>>> belonging to any net so all nets would be prohibited
>>> from connecting to them.
>
> > I have to admit, this is one of the few aspects of Orcad I actually
> > liked better than pcb. When creating a copper fill you got (amongst
> > other things) a drop down list of nets, and you chose which one you
> > wanted the polygon connected to. This makes the connectivity  
> dependent
> > on the net, rather than some flag in the many bits of track on the
> > board, which sort of made sense to me.
> >
>
> me too.  Thats how it works in PCAD.

And DXP, and Ultiboard/Electronics Workbench, and Mentor.  I think  
it's the expected functionality.

-a



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