- Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:40 am
#68393
Hello Sparksters,
I'm new to Eagle, so this might be an easy question, but I've been fighting it last night and this morning and haven't figured it out yet.
Normally, to switch from the top layer to the bottom layer you run your trace, click to lock it to a location, switch from the top layer to the bottom layer in the Select Layer dropdown and continue to draw your trace. When you're done a via shows up. Works great.
I want to put the via inside a pad, so I have the top trace entering the pad, then I click to the bottom layer and continue. This doesn't work once the trace has locked to the pad.
I've tried manually placing a via on the pad but I get a Yellow X. I've also tried creating a via next to the pad, which works fine, then moving it over the pad, but again, I get the yellow X.
Can you tell me how to trick Eagle into allowing me to put the via on top of the pad?
Thank you,
DougM
I'm new to Eagle, so this might be an easy question, but I've been fighting it last night and this morning and haven't figured it out yet.
Normally, to switch from the top layer to the bottom layer you run your trace, click to lock it to a location, switch from the top layer to the bottom layer in the Select Layer dropdown and continue to draw your trace. When you're done a via shows up. Works great.
I want to put the via inside a pad, so I have the top trace entering the pad, then I click to the bottom layer and continue. This doesn't work once the trace has locked to the pad.
I've tried manually placing a via on the pad but I get a Yellow X. I've also tried creating a via next to the pad, which works fine, then moving it over the pad, but again, I get the yellow X.
Can you tell me how to trick Eagle into allowing me to put the via on top of the pad?
Thank you,
DougM