Hi Derek,
I got a real shock with this! I was milling circuit
boards and selling them. I decided to have a circuit board
house make the boards. Besides none of them answering my Emails,
I realized I used the copper left around the traces for the
ground. This is the same method I used years ago when I used to
draw my traces on the board. I learned the more copper I left on
the board the better the acid would work. Now this looks like my
method has come back to bit me in the butt!
John
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "High Tech" <hightechsystems@a...> wrote:
> Hi John,
> In PC logic's Circuit Layout you can draw a square or rectangle and
fill it
> with a cross hatch.
> So you just draw your normal board then fill in the areas you want
with the
> cross hatch. Time consuming not automatic but at least you can do
it.
> Derek
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: crankorgan
>
>
> Hi Gang,
> I was wondering if any of you have done a ground plane
> on a board. When I mill boards I can use the surrounding copper
> as a ground. With Eagle and other programs I can't find a way to
> keep the extra copper around the traces. I know I can use the other
> side of the board for a ground. I really wanted to stick with a
> single sided boards.
> Regards
>
> John