wrote: > The thermal is working again but the 4 traces from the pin to the plane > are so, so thin. When I hold the shift down while clicking the pin with > the thermal X PCB just puts a thermal there. I'm not getting any > additional options. I'm not having any luck changing from different > thermal types. > --000000000000a5a5e3058d573718 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Rob-

The version of pcb you = are using is very old (from before I started developing it). In the interve= ning time, many bugs have been fixed, and it's quite possible that some= of them were related to thermals and the interface for placing them. If po= ssible, please update and use the latest version. It is very, very difficul= t to provide support for versions so old.

By defau= lt, the width of the thermals should be the same as the clearance to the pl= ane which they connect. If this is not the case, you can check in the pcb f= ile. Near the top there should be an entry "Thermal[0.500000]". 0= .5 is the default value. Changing it to 1 will make the fingers twice the w= idth of the plane clearance. Values less than 0.5 will make them thinner. Y= ou can use any intermediate value, but be aware that this is a board wide s= etting. It is not currently customizable on a per thermal basis.

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The following procedure should work for connecting a pin= or via directly to a plane without thermal fingers:

1. Place the= element/via

2. Select the layer on which you want the plane

3. Draw the plane

4. Select the thermal tool

5. C= lick once on the pin/via you want to connect to the plane (the pin is now c= onnected to the plane with a thermal pattern)

6. While holdin= g the shift key pressed, click four more times on the pin/via (each click c= hanges the thermal pattern, the last is a solid connection).

If you are unable to get this working, I suggest you create a ne= w file and try the procedure with a test part. If it works for the test par= t, then something about your pcb file configuration has been modified, and = we can try to figure out how to fix it. If it doesn't work on a new fil= e then it's a pcb bug, and you'll need to update pcb.

Also, please note that thermals currently only work with pins a= nd vias, they do not yet work with surface mount pads.

--Chad

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:39 AM Ro= b Butts (r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com) [via= geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:=

The thermal is working again but the 4 traces from the pin to the plane a= re so, so thin.=C2=A0 When I hold the shift down while clicking the pin wit= h the thermal X PCB just puts a thermal there.=C2=A0 I'm not getting an= y additional options.=C2=A0 I'm not having any luck changing from diffe= rent thermal types.

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