On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > I'm sure it's been asked (and answered before), but I cannot come up with > the right search terms or whether what we're trying to do, is even possible. > > Imagine that you have a metal clip that clips to the edge of a PCB. Since > it's metal, it connects both pads (top and bottom), so there is no need to > connect the two pads on the PCB: they are guaranteed to be one signal when > the clip is installed. > > So, how do you create a device for this clip? You can give the same name to > multiple pins (GND@1, GND@2, etc) but what if you have two pads, but want > the symbol to only show one pin? And, you need EAGLE to know that once you > connect a signal to the top pad, the bottom pad gets connected > automatically? > > Are there devices in the standard library, that exhibit this behavior? > > Vitaliy > I'm pretty sure there's no way to have two pins in a schematic connected to one pad/pin on a board without violating DRC. I.e. you could force a connection by drawing a wire on the physical part model but it will give you hell when you do a DRC. -- Martin K. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist