Re: gEDA-user: Using polygons for creating a ground plane by hand

["John Luciani" <jluciani-atMUNGEDgmail_dot_com>]

On 3/24/07, Jeremy Pedersen <ubernerd.jeremy@gmail.com> wrote:


> >And one last thing: Some of the vias have rectangular copper bits around
> them, presumably to catch more solder and >create a little heat sink (just a
> guess: I really don't know). So far, I've just been placing vias and drawing
> the rectangular >copper sections by hand: is there a better way?

Without seeing the "copper bits" I am guessing that they are there to provide
thermal relief around the via. It is probably not necessary unless
you are planning to solder something into the via. I believe you can use the
thermal command (F10 in my version of PCB) to add a thermal relief to a via.

(* jcl *)

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