That did it! Many thanks!!! RR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Glenn" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [EE]: Eagle copper pour question > Hi Rob, > > Try naming the edge of the polygon that you originally drew. > > Good luck! > > -Randy > > On 2/17/06, Rob Robson wrote: >> 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 >> > > > -- > -Randy Glenn > Computer Eng. and Mgt. Year IV, McMaster University > Regional Student Representative, IEEE Canada > > randy.glenn-at-gmail.com - glennrb-at-mcmaster.ca > randy.glenn-at-computer.org - randy_glenn-at-ieee.org > http://www.randyglenn.ca > > -- > 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