Blind via - trace to rectangular pad on 2 layer board

[Rene_Poschl]

Same workaround as for via stitching. (But your pad will add mask and paste)

Protip: nicer via stitching

It’s generally “known” that pcbnew doesn’t really support via stitching. You have to link together a bunch of vias using traces, so that they keep their net association. And this is clunky. The traces get in the way of everything, look distracting, and will be removed by “Cleanup Tracks and Vias”. Here’s a better way. It’s a bit long-winded to set up, but easy to use once you get it going. Click “Open footprint editor” on the right toolbar: [image] Click “New footprint” on the top toolbar: […