With the connections you can connect pads or
SMD-pads of your layout. This is helpful not to
forget to route tracks.
The connections are also very important for the
work with the integrated autoruter. The autorouter uses these
connections to route tracks.
The connections, displayed as thin
rubberband-lines, are also helpful to find a suitable position for components. You may use them to avoid crossing tracks
when placing components on the
board.
To place connections on your board, activate the
connection-mode with the corresponding button
from the toolbar on the left:
Connections can only be drawn between pads or
SMD-Pads. Just click on the first pad, you want
to connect. After that, a rubberband "sticks" on your mouse cursor. Now
click on any other pad to finish the
connection. Pads will light up when they are touched to make connecting easier.
Click with the right mouse button, to abort the
process.
Removing existing connections
To delete an existing connection (re-) draw the
connection again. The connection will be
removed.
Sprint Layout is in the position to find out
whether two pads are connected by the layout or
not. This makes it possible to remove rubberbands between connected pads
(routed tracks) automatically. Call
REMOVE CONNECTIONS
(RUBBERBANDS) from the FUNCTIONS item of the main
menu or from the toolbar.
The function examines every rubberband-connection
and removes it, if the connection between two
pads has allready been routed. Sprint Layout considers also trough pads
for double-sided boards. The function will
inform you about removed and remaining connections when the process is finished.
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