Homebrew PCBs

Hi Hans,
        Can I put the ground plan in after I do all the other
traces, or should I do a section at a time? I am drawing the
board direct. It is not coming from a diagram made with
Eagle.

                                          John


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Hans Wedemeyer <hans@c...> wrote:
> John,
> With EAGLE I add a polygon and it fills all available space. The 
next
> step is to give the polygon a NET name, and naming it GND will 
connect
> it to Ground... ( I assume your are using GND as the ground net of
> course)
> This is what the end result looks like http://hans-w.com/rpm_pcb.jpg
> Hans W
> 
> crankorgan wrote:
> 
> >  Hi Gang,
> >         I was wondering if any of you have done a ground plane
> > on a board. When I mill boards I can use the surrounding copper
> > as a ground. With Eagle and other programs I can't find a way to
> > keep the extra copper around the traces. I know I can use the 
other
> > side of the board for a ground. I really wanted to stick with a
> > single sided boards.
> >                                           Regards
> >
> >                                            John
> >
> >
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