I have some rather thick traces (for high current), but where they connect
to the through hole pad they have a lot of rounding that makes them
overshoot the component via & get close to the adjacent pad. Is there a
way to make the ending a bit more "blunt", I'd like the trace ending to be
"flatter" at the via & not overshoot the pad so much.
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Hi Norm,
I've had the same issue in the past. The only way I know is to just reduce the track thickness manually (see example image below), as you
approach very close to the pad.
Ideally, it would be good if EAGLE would automatically reduce the thickness, and have a way not to cause a DRC error (since typically, the
thick tracks would have a class) as long as the track is only thin to within x mil (i.e. it should be configurable) distance of the pad.
Note: this is with v5, perhaps v6 has an enhancement in this area.
You can see a type of example here (which is a partially laid out board). In this case, the fat tracks were not for current
capability but for controlled impedance, but I need to make them narrower as they approach close to the pads, otherwise they would not fit.
Hi Paul,
Good point, that works well for a few major traces.
@Norm, An example is below using the polygon method.
If you want to reduce a track width, select the 'route manually' icon
on the left side icons, and then click on a yellow wire, and then left-clicking to route it until you reach close to the pad,
then go to the top and change width, and then finally click inside the pad to end the yellow wire.
As drawn:
What it looks like:
Hi Paul,
Good point, that works well for a few major traces.
@Norm, An example is below using the polygon method.
If you want to reduce a track width, select the 'route manually' icon
on the left side icons, and then click on a yellow wire, and then left-clicking to route it until you reach close to the pad,
then go to the top and change width, and then finally click inside the pad to end the yellow wire.
As drawn:
What it looks like:
