Data Sheet

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Finished route from J2 pin 4 to JP2 pin 1
Note that we did not need to select the width of track to route with as we configured this in the
previous chapter. The PCB Layout recognizes that we are routing a track on the GND net,
applied the rules for the POWER net class and selected the specified 25
th
track style for us.
Manual routing is probably the most common action you will perform with the software and it is
vital that you understand how it works. The basic rules of operation are:
Left click on pad, track or zone border to begin routing from that object.
Left click at any point during routing to commit the route up to the mouse position (we call
this anchoring).
Right click to terminate the route at its last committed / anchored point.
ESCAPE key to abandon route entry completely.
SPACEBAR to float a via on the end of the route and left click to then place the floating
via.
Double left click to drop a via at the current mouse position.
Move the mouse backwards over existing tracking to rub-out.
SHIFT key toggles the neck style on/off (SHIFT key down = neck style on, SHIFT key up
= neck style off).
We strongly recommend experimenting with manual routing for a while on this board until you
are comfortable with how it works. The following is a summary of how to perform common
actions; try these while routing any of the remaining connections.