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How to place pads for wire connection

jafriede

I am migrating from a very old version of Protel where I could just place a pad not tied to a component for the purpose of soldering a wire into it.  I could then edit the pad for hole size, layers, etc.  The closest thing I can find in Eagle is to just draw a via.  When I do this though, I can not define an electrical connection to it as it gives the error "no object selected".  Any help would be appreciated.

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    Op Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:08:27 +0200 schreef John Friede 

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    I am migrating from a very old version of Protel where I could just 

    place a pad not tied to a component for the purpose of soldering a wire 

    into it.  I could then edit the pad for hole size, layers, etc.  The 

    closest thing I can find in Eagle is to just draw a via.  When I do this 

    though, I can not define an electrical connection to it as it gives the 

    error "no object selected".  Any help would be appreciated.

     

     

    Hello John,

     

    Use a device from the wirepad.lbr for that. If none of the 'devices' (just 

    a pad with 1 electrical connection) suits your purpose you can use this as 

    an example of how to modify or create one yourself.

     

    HTH

     

    Richard