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Subject: non-plated-through holes with Eagle

From: Brian Lalor <blalor@...>
Date: 2010-01-20

Does anyone know if it’s possible to tell Eagle that standard holes
for through-hole components aren’t automatically attached to both top
and bottom layers? That seems to be the assumption, and I ended up
with an isolated ground plane on my first board. I fixed that easily,
but I’m finding that I need to pay careful attention when laying out
the board to ensure that I will have connected the layers together at
a given hole where necessary. For example, it’s easy to solder the
leg of an IC to both layers without a socket, but if you ∗are∗ using a
socket, you can only solder to the bottom layer (if the socket’s on
top).

Thanks,
Brian

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