Thanks for the advice. I was referring to a copper fill as a plane. So the workflow would be to drop a 'copper pad' onto the pcb, size it as a long rectangle to mimic my bus. Where i'm a bit fuzzy is how to run traces to it along its length. I can edit where the single connection point is (N,S,E,W). i wasnt aware the trace would connect to a plane/pad by dragging a trace thru an existing pad. does that work even if i dont terminate the trace to the NSEW connector point of the pad? Does dragging a trace thru an existing copper fill have the same connection behavior?
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