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Question about Ground Planes in Circuit Stuido

alienjack

Hello, I am new to Circuit Studio. I have a few technical questions about the program that I can't seem to find answers for on line. The first one is... how do I connect a pad, either through hole or SM, to a ground plane?

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    Hi Thomas. Thank you for your help. As I stated in my question, I am new to Circuit Studio, so I really appreciate you taking the time out to help me. I will research the site you gave me. How would I construct a net in the PCB design mode? What I need to do is to pour a GND plane on my bottom layer and open up all the pads that need to see ground to it so that they connect. I'm just not sure how to establish a net for a GND plane.

  • 0 in reply to alienjack

    Hi Jack.

     

    In addition to Thomas's suggestion I would also recommend watching the tutorial videos that are on this site if you are new to CircuitStudio and want to get up to speed quickly.

    Getting Started with CircuitStudio: Video Tutorial Series

     

    CircuitStudio works best when you start with a schematic design for your circuit that allows entry of all the parts and net connectivity. This is then used to generate the PCB which you can they layout and route. If you are trying to work on just a PCB then you will find it very difficult because you will need to go around manually assigning nets to pins which is harder than doing the same on a schematic.

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  • 0 in reply to alienjack

    Hi Jack.

     

    In addition to Thomas's suggestion I would also recommend watching the tutorial videos that are on this site if you are new to CircuitStudio and want to get up to speed quickly.

    Getting Started with CircuitStudio: Video Tutorial Series

     

    CircuitStudio works best when you start with a schematic design for your circuit that allows entry of all the parts and net connectivity. This is then used to generate the PCB which you can they layout and route. If you are trying to work on just a PCB then you will find it very difficult because you will need to go around manually assigning nets to pins which is harder than doing the same on a schematic.

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  • 0 in reply to e14softwareuk

    Hi Peter,

     

    Thank you for your input. I have watched the tutorial videos. There is a tutorial that has 11 videos in all and I watched them. They have helped me a lot and I am getting more familiar with Circuit Studio, but I didn't see where they mentioned connecting a pad directly to a ground plane or how to add a score line to a PCB board, so that you can separate it into two sections. But I will continue to watch the tutorials and search the forum for answers. Thank you again for helping me to get started.