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Re: Single sided PCB ?

2010-05-17 by acidblue

There isn't a 'Layer" section in the general settings.
using Build 20100314 SVN-R2462-final


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <a_wake@...> wrote:
>
> There are two answers to this question.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "acidblue" <sunblaster5@> wrote:
> >
> > How do I get Kicad to make traces just on one side of the PCB?
> >
>

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