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Eagle CAD custom part, connectiom with plane?

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Hello,

 

I created a custom SMD part (a negative battery contact pad) the pad is part of the GND Net in the schematic... To my suprise, when I created the GND Plane, this pad is completely isolated from the plane (plane is Named GND) and was expecting the contact pad to have a thermal-type connection to the plane... however, it is isolated instead.

 

Did I forget something when creating the part, or forget something somehwere else?

 

How do I get this pad connected to it's associated plane?

 

Thank you!

-chuck

  • Hi Chuck,

    Did this get solved yet? It does seem like it should have worked. I can only think of three things to suggest:

     

    1) Check the name of the ground in the schematic. If ground polygon in the board layout is named "GND", then make sure that the wire or net connected to the battery contact in the schematic is also named "GND" and not AGND, or DGND, or GND1, or something else like that. There can be several different grounds in a complex system.

     

    2) Then grab the battery contact in the schematic and MOVE it to make sure that the net connected to it is actually connected. If it is, the net will stretch to follow the pad when you move it around. Sometimes they can look connected, but aren't really.

     

    3) If ground is still not connecting to the pad in the board layout, it might be interesting to upload your Eagle file, and see if one of the experts here can figure it out.

     

    Good luck,

    Ray

  • in reply to RayA

    Interesting, this was one of the first replies I made to all the EXCELLENT SUPPORT I've gotten!

     

    Yes, the above resolved my issue... and RIPUP is the way to correct MISLABELED NETS...

     

    6.5 is awsome.

     

    -chuck