Greetings Rick,
RC wrote:So if the top and bottom settings for Pads on the Restring tab of the DRC are the same, I'll get a solder pad on both the top and bottom of a two layer board. Is that correct?
Yes.
If you are asking about flipping a polarized component to
the "solder" side from the "component" side (in effect
making a two sided PCB with parts on both sides, you
will need
to mirror the parts from the component side.
(As noted by Lou in another post).
In all PCB CAD work the final PCB is viewed from above,
and both the components and PCB core are transparent.
For example, any wording on the "solder" side will be
mirrored when viewed.
A good way to grasp these concepts is to throw a few
familiar parts on a test PCB design, and run the CAM
job to create Gerber output files.
These may be viewed independently of EAGLE using a
(freware or shareware) third party Gerber viewer. The
Gerbers are the master phototools that are printed on
to the copper at the board house. (If you print them to
paper you can make a model of your PCB before
committing to production - a useful way to catch
placement errors).
Comments Welcome!