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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => KiCad => Topic started by: hazuki on December 10, 2014, 08:35:16 pm
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Hi all. I am trying to stitch two planes together in Kicad. It seems rather intuitive and works properly. However, after working on another part of my PCB, I come back to the area that I've just stitched and all of a sudden the pour around the vias are removed, effectively isolating them. This problem keeps happening to me, and I don't know why. Anyone have the same issue? Both planes are on the exact same net. Here's an image of my recurring problem:
(http://i.imgur.com/wxvd4m7.png)
Thanks!
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When you start make sure the first node is connected to a real pin for example the D pad on the transistor/fet.
When the ground plan is regenerated or DRC is checked, it destroy the original copper flood and the track/vias are disconnected form any net. Then it is regenerated resulting in what you have here.
I know really annoying.
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Are you on one of the old versions, or a recent testing build? If the latter, shut off DRC, manually reconnect the via, and then re-import the netlist.
As king says, tracks don't always keep their net associations; they have to be anchored to something with a netlist-defined net.
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King,
Thanks, you've solved my problem. Kind of annoying, but I can deal with it. :-+