Just type GND after you select the tool. Then draw the polygon. Gabriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Robson" To: "pic microcontroller discussion list" Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:30 PM Subject: [EE]: Eagle copper pour question > Hopefully this will be the last hurdle I encounter in learning Eagle. I'm > trying to do a copper pour on the bottom layer, call it "GND", and connect > it to some "ground" vias that I've already created. I use the polygon > tool > to outline the area of the pour, set the isolation to 12 mils, and hit > "ratsnest" to fill in the blue layer. So far, so good. Then I try to > name > the layer "GND" by selecting the NAME tool and clicking on the pour. No > go: it just grabs the nearest net, even with CHANGE - LAYER set to Bottom. > Because things _look_ okay, I bypass the naming step and carry on. When > I > run short traces from the pour to the vias that need to be grounded, Eagle > creates an additional via on top of the one I'd already placed. Again, > things _look_ okay, so I continue. When CAM is run and the resulting > gerbers are viewed, there is suddenly an additional 12mil gap around every > ground via and all the short traces I'd created to link them to the pour. > I'm guessing that the cause of the problem is that the pour hadn't been > named "GND", but no amount of Googling has revealed how to do this or > whether there are any other steps I may be missing. Please help! > > RR > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist