DipTrace Grounding Question

[jdduffield]

I have a question about DipTrace. I’m very new to this. How do I ensure nodes intended for grounding get connected to the poured copper ground plane. See video explanation.

 

[Robert]

Select your Ground net from the "Connect to Net" dropdown box on the Connectivity tab.

(My apologies if I missed something in the video, I don't have audio at the moment)

 

[Nostradoomus]

That's it^^ whichever net in your schematic is ground, use that

Also if you want to make it pretty go to border, click "depending on board" and click "snap to board outline" as well, makes it even for you

 

[jdduffield]

That's it^^ whichever net in your schematic is ground, use that

Also if you want to make it pretty go to border, click "depending on board" and click "snap to board outline" as well, makes it even for you

It took me a minute, but finally found it. Net 2 was ground in my case.

 

[Nostradoomus]

@jdduffield Nice. You'll also want to set the "thermals" option under connectivity from "direct" to "4 spoke" to make little wagon wheels around the ground pads. Makes it a lot easier to desolder if you need to, as you aren't heating up the entire ground pour around it, just the four little spokes (you'll see when you implement it)