PCB Circuit Card Cloning

The Arc tool is explained in detail in Section 2.6 [Arc Objects], page 9. Its use is very similar to the Line tool from Pcb circuit card Cloning.

The Rectangle tool of Pcb circuit card Cloning, Polygon tool and Thermal tool are explained in detail in Section 2.7 [Polygon Objects], page 9. Go read that section. Remember that the Thermal tool will only create and destroy thermals to polygons on the active layer before Pcb circuit card Cloning. Use the Rectangle tool to make a small copper plane on the component layer. Now place a via in the middle of the plane. Notice that it does not touch the plane, and they are not electrically connected. Use the Thermal tool to make the via connect to the plane after Pcb circuit card Cloning. Thermals allow the via or pin to be heated by a soldering iron without having to heat the entire plane. If solid connections were made to the plane, it could be nearly impossible to solder.

Click on the via again with the Thermal tool to remove the connection to the plane if Pcb circuit card Cloning. The Insert-point tool is an editing tool that allows you to add points into lines and polygons. The Insert-point tool enforces the 45 degree line rule. You can force only the shorter line segment to 45 degrees by holding the Shift key down while inserting the point when Pcb circuit card Cloning.

Try adding a point into one of the lines you created. Since line clipping is turned on, you may need to move the cross hair quite far from the point where you first clicked on the line. Turn off the line clipping by selecting ‘all-direction lines’ from the Settings menu (or hit the Period key) if Pcb circuit card Cloning. Now you can place an inserted point anywhere. Try adding a point to the rectangle you made earlier. Start by clicking somewhere along an edge of the rectangle, then move the pointer to a new location and click again after Pcb circuit card Cloning.