Linda I tried going to www.cdnusers.org, registered and then logged on. I went to Forums -> Silicon-package-board -> Shared code-Skill. There I saw discussions but no skill codes. Where did I go wrong? Daniel -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:37 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on free-standing vias Doug, We have a PCB SKILL forum on the newly launched Cadence user community website where you can upload your skill routine for all to see. you will need to register to post the code. The site is found at www.cdnusers.org. You can register, wait a bit for your authorization code, login, then click on the "Forums" tab in the upper navigation bar. Linda -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas Stanley Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:32 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on free-standing vias My method doesn't really solve the problem, but it makes it easy to deal with. I wrote a small SKILL routine that allows you to select any via and change the via's net. I works by clicking on a via (single select, window, or temp group) and then clicking on any shape, pin, or cline. The via then takes on the net of the shape/pin/cline you selected. Works like a champ. It's 30 lines of code. Douglas G. Stanley Broadcom Corporation (949) 926-5889 dstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael.Catrambone@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:55 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Retaining nets on free-standing vias Hello, I deal with this all the time.. The best way I found to handle it was to define a small static shape on top of the via with the net name attached to it. This shape is defined a little larger than the via geometry on the top side of the PCB and whenever I move the via I make sure to select the shape as well. Kind of a pain but it gets me past the problem. Maybe someone else has a better way of handling this. Mike "Daniel So" <danielso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>@freelists.org on 03/02/2006 11:43:43 AM Please respond to icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent by: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Retaining nets on free-standing vias Hi Everyone Please excuse me if this is an old subject. I have thru-hole vias connected to a gnd plane on the top layer. There is +5v plane on the bottom side of the PCB. There are no clines connected to the vias so when ever I move the gnd plane, the vias are now associated to the +5v plane. I now have to move the +5v plane before moving back the gnd plane if I want to keep these vias associated to gnd. This is really a bad problem on a multi-layer board with different planes on different layers and when I have vias that I want to keep associated to different nets. Is there any way to keep the vias associated to the original nets without connecting clines to them? Cadence did not have an answer. 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