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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Copper pours with Eagle

From: "Mike Young" <mikewhy@...>
Date: 2005-11-24

----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Dudzik" <evandude@...>
>
> I have never had any trouble doing a copper pour after routing in eagle...
> just lay down the polygon, and hit the ratsnest button to have it carve
> the
> traces... I just tried it again (to make sure I wasn't crazy) and it does
> indeed work...

Yup. A completely routed board, though, has an empty ratsnest list. RATSNEST
complains/reports happily that there's "NOTHING TO DO!", and leaves the new
POLYGON as an outline. I'm sure it's a feature, but don't understand things
well enough to say what it's for.