Dennis
Thanks again. Actually the ground plane was created in paint shop pro.
I just created a negative image. Made a selection set with magic wand
then used the command selection-modify-contract to place a copper
removed trace around the circuit. Then just made the ground trace
copper removed area black.
Regards
Dennis Waggoner
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "dl5012" <dl5012@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> I've found making your own components in Eagle to be quite awkward;
> whereas doing that in ExpressPCB is a piece of cake.
>
> What I do to make pads larger is I just route over them with a wide
> trace. For a typical resistor pad, I use 40 mils; set the grid to a
> small enough value where I can extend the pad by routing from one side
> of the hole to the other.
>
> I didn't realize Eagle had an option to create a ground plane. Is the
> space to other features controllable? What version are you using?
> I'm using the Lite version (probably around 4.13) and am to "cheap" to
> pay for the full featured version. When I need a larger board than
> the lite version allows, I just place vias and route manually. I
> usually route manually anyway. I'm a better router than Eagle...
>
> As Stefan mentioned, there's some artistic aspect to board layout. I
> like to keep traces on multiples of 45 degree angles and don't push
> spaces or feature sizes so the boards are easy to transfer, etch, and
> drill. Take a look at the first picture in my album (dl5012). That
> was drawn with Eagle, but I just placed pads and routed manually.
> That board is actually a bad example of upsizing pads for ease of
> drilling. That was my prototype and I fixed the pad sizes in rev1.
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "sbdwag" <sbdwag@> wrote:
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> > Thanks for the tips on the solder pads. Unless I create my own
> library
> > objects is there any easy way to increase the pad size/hole size in
> > Eagle.
> >
> > Regards
> > Dennis Waggoner
>