Hmmm ... I'm running version 20090216. Surely they haven't taken this feature out in the newer version that you are running?? Just to be sure, here is a screenshot of the dialog that comes up when I click on Preferences/General in PCBnew:
http://home.earthlink.net/~a_wake/screenshot.pngNotice the section "Layers" with a set of radio buttons to choose 1, 2, 4, or more.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "acidblue" <sunblaster5@...> wrote:
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> There isn't a 'Layer" section in the general settings.
> using Build 20100314 SVN-R2462-final
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <a_wake@> wrote:
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> > There are two answers to this question.
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> > 1) Manually route, and just do so one the desired side of the board. I usually manually route most if not all of the traces on my boards; I'm rarely if ever satisfied with what the auto-routers come up with.
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> > 2) Tell KiCad that your board is single layer only -- in PCBnew, click on Preferences, then on General. Click on the desired number of layers (1 in this case). Click okay, and you are good to go.
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> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "acidblue" <sunblaster5@> wrote:
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> > > How do I get Kicad to make traces just on one side of the PCB?
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