No, but there is a selection of pad shapes. While in the board layout, Edit>Design Rules>Shapes and you can override the pad shapes. I tried laying out a board with one layer, and it kept getting stuck. I manually inserted a trace with vias to the top, and then continued the autoroute. By the way, centre mouse button will change from botoom to top while manually laying traces. David Colin Constant wrote: > Ah, that's a help. In my case I was confused because there didn't seem to be > any way to select anything. > One question: is there a way to define your own pad shapes? > > Regards, > Colin > > Hi- > 1/ I don't have a problem with the change feature. Choose: change, width, 0.04 > (say), and left click on a board trace, it should immediately change width. > You > will need to touch each segment of the trace. You can define classes, eg > power, > and make them different widths. > 2/ the cost items allow you to mofiy the behaviour of the autorouter, so if you > want less vias, you just make them more expensive, etc. Sounds real simple ... > 3/ to do single sided you set the prefeerences in the autoroute (1st page) - > means you want this side to be horizontal traces, | vertical, / diagonal, * any > direction, N/A NONE. So, you want N/A. > > >From one newby to the next, > David > > Joris van den Heuvel wrote: > > > Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > > > > > Did you download the manuals too ? Much fuller than the > > > > in-built help > > > > > > I guess not, I tried to read the turtorial but gave up. Trial-and-error > > gave > > > the answers much quicker. > > > > Not for me, for now. > > > > But still, I'm getting the idea that the tutorial is for the absolute > > beginner, and is set up in an illogical manner. > > > > Which brings me to this question: how can I fatten up the ground net or any > > other net or trace for that matter? The "change" feature is completely > > blurry to me, and every attempt to "change" anything results in an illogical > > action. Boy, is that user interface illogical! > > > > The autorouter, however, absolutely rocks! But what do all those cost items > > mean? > > > > Next question: on a single sided board, how can I insert bridge wires? I > > only need 2 or 3 in order to stay single sided for my current project. > > > > Anybody who has only a tiny bit more experience might easily answer these > > questions. > > > > Regards, > > Joris. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads