I am working on a 2 layer board. Should I be using a ground
plane, and if so how do I add it and perform auto routing?
Groundplanes aka. copper pours work in all Eagle versions,one way to make one is to type 'polygon gnd' and draw the outer edges of
Groundplanes aka. copper pours work in all Eagle versions,
one way to make one is to type 'polygon gnd' and draw the outer edges of
the groundplane to be.
Before drawing you may also select stuff like width, hatch or solid, via
thermals on/off etc.
You can put groundplanes where you see fit, around the entire board or
just in selected areas.
When you then click ratsnest the pour is drawn, and automatically avoids
routed tracks,
and 'isolate' sets the isolation distance between tracks and pour.
Well, I have just tried what you said and I can see you are right about
this.
Is this also explained in the eagle tutorial, or elsewhere?
