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Subject: Re: Ground Plane

From: "johnman9146" <johnman@...>
Date: 2002-08-31

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> 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


John,

Have you printed out the tutorial in EAGLE? If you print it out, you
will find a section that discusses "Copper Pouring". I don't know
why they call it that, but I have used it and after following along
with the tutorial and doing some projects on my own, I found it to be
quite easy. It only takes some practice.

Good luck.

johnman