yeah, obscure is Eagle's middle name - press the ratsnest button
(obvious, huh?). You do have to make an actual connection to the
polygon for it to work. I just route a trace into the middle of it
and that's good enough. There is probably a good reason for it but
its not the most user friendly thing way.
Phil
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "daveismissing"
<shootme007@h...> wrote:
>
> Thanks John
> I am aware of the "fill" but as I am an eagle rookie i have not found
> the way to display fill on the screen.
> I tend to do a lot of rectangles - ends up looking like an SMD board
> I figure for the slow speed stuff I do tieing rectangles to either
> rail is ok.
>
> I touch up and enhance large areas with shellac(sic?) mixed a little
> thicker.
>
> D
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> >
> > With the Eagle program you can FILL the ground plane around the
> > traces. Hans told us how many messages back. I used this method on
> my
> > Piker board. All ground points are the same large trace. Very little
> > etching required. Done correctly there are no ground loops.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "daveismissing"
> > <shootme007@h...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why isn't all this software done the other way 'round?
> > > I really just want to define how much space I want between
> traces.
> > > I want all the rest to be trace.
> > > Less etchant, no erosion issues, easier for TT etc....
> > > crazy?