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assign net name to mechanical hole

Narside

Hello. For soldering wires to the pcb i'm required to make holes in the pcb. I tried both: placing mechanical symbol and placing via, but i can't assign net name to them. If i right click on them i don't have Assign net command. Could someone explain how to make a montage hole attached to a certain net. 

  • excellon1

    The solution here is to create a standard pcb footprint as a one pin symbol to represent your hole or pad in the pcb. Think here something like a test point. Also add those testpoints to the schematic to whatever net you need.

    The schematic front end drives net connectivity to the PCB.

    Vias can also work and is possibly easier than having a dedicated footprint.

    Copy any via you wish to use to a location not on the board say outside the board outline.

    When you copy the via in the options pan there is an option "Retain Net of via", uncheck this first.

    Lastly drag that copied via to any copper on your board that has a net and the via will take on the same net name as that copper.

  • Wild
    in reply to excellon1

    If you create a part in tn the schematic,  I would suggest to add the BOM_IGNORE (true) field to the part you create in "Orcad" so it does not show up in BOM.when you create the BOM output from your schematic. I have this in just about all my designs.  I have dedicated parts for scope probes (40 mil via), wires ranging from 30 AWG to 16 AWG.  

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