Am trying to create power and ground pads to my pcb, but after searching on the net have not come up with a solution. The results all seem to talk about ground and power “planes” - which is not what I want.
I’ve marked the schematic with the appropriate flags as shown below:
If you look at the PCB layout below, I’ve used via symbols to highlight exactly what I want to achieve. But if I use the via or polygon option I ultimately end up with (not connected), errors when performing the DRC checks.
You can Link the Symbols to Footprints (if desired but, not req’d).
Pads Footprints of any type (V, GND, whatever…) can be Created in Footprint Editor in several ways (including at start of Footprint creation and/or by simply placing a Pad from the Toolbar after starting a new Footprint (select the Folder where to Save it or you can’t progress to the next creation step)).
Can also create a Custom Pad from any drawn shape (a different topic)
There are many posts on this so, I won’t repeat ‘how to do it’ you can search this forum on Making Pad Footprint (and, Pad Symbol)
Below shows some of the typical Pads I use and/or have made for Demo to other posts…
Anyone of them can be assigned to a NET (GND, V, signal… whatever).
And, Kicad has Footprints of various connection types that use Pads.
I suggest exploring Kicad Libraries when in PCB Editor and Schematic Editor… You’ll find what you need without having to Create footprints/symbols/pads but, I recommend learning how to do it…
Vias are typically covered with soldermask so not what you want.
You want to put element with one pad. You should think of it the same as of any other element. You just need a half of C1.
I don’t use KiCad libraraies and I don’t see them but there certainly are the symbol with one pin and footprints with one pad.
