Homebrew PCBs

yeah, obscure is Eagle's middle name - press the ratsnest button
(obvious, huh?).  You do have to make an actual connection to the
polygon for it to work.  I just route a trace into the middle of it
and that's good enough.  There is probably a good reason for it but
its not the most user friendly thing way.

Phil

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "daveismissing"
<shootme007@h...> wrote:
> 
> Thanks John
> I am aware of the "fill" but as I am an eagle rookie i have not found 
> the way to display fill on the screen.
> I tend to do a lot of rectangles - ends up looking like an SMD board
> I figure for the slow speed stuff I do tieing rectangles to either 
> rail is ok.
> 
> I touch up and enhance large areas with shellac(sic?) mixed a little 
> thicker.  
> 
> D
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "crankorgan" <john@k...> wrote:
> > 
> >    With the Eagle program you can FILL the ground plane around the
> > traces. Hans told us how many messages back. I used this method on 
> my
> > Piker board. All ground points are the same large trace. Very little
> > etching required. Done correctly there are no ground loops. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "daveismissing"
> > <shootme007@h...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Why isn't all this software done the other way 'round?
> > > I really just want to define how much space I want between 
> traces. 
> > > I want all the rest to be trace.
> > > Less etchant, no erosion issues, easier for TT  etc....
> > > crazy?