On 9/18/06, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Is anybody uses Eagle for PCB designing? I would have some questions:
>
> I am designing an SMD PCB, and it is a two layer one (both sides of the
> board). The question is how could I tell Eagle that the SMD pad is on the
> bottom layer?

mirror the component

So far I could not sucseed with that, only the wire that I
> could place into the othe layer using the change command.
>
> Other question is if I use normal components that requires solder pads, how
> can I tell that the pad is a kind of via? I mean on both side there is a
> solder pad and the drill is a plated one.

this is the normal definition of a thru hole component in eagle

>
> The other question is how can I make a via within an SMD pad?

put a via on it and modify the rules (*.dru file) at "smd to via" section

>
> Alternatively: if those things could not be done very easy, which PCB design
> software you suggest for Windows -- if possible as cheap as it can be (do
> not need six million layer support or few acre board size, just max a normal
> two layered credit card size thing. But it has to be able to produce
> standard Gerber and drill files.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Tamas
>
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