Well in 15.2 cadence put a nice new feature on the copy command to retain the net of the via being copied. It is in the options tab. I use that all the time now for gnd via assignments. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:44 AM To: Allegro Forum Subject: [PCB_FORUM] via to gnd All, Sorry if this has been covered lately. What is the best way to assign a free standing via to gnd? Thanks for any help! Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Longmont, Colorado