Electronic – Kicad: How to add a Filled Zone around a Net with a single pin

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I am designing a PCB in Kicad and I need to add a filled zone around a single pin (pin needs to become part of the zone, not an island).

For some reason, when the "Copper Zone" tool provides me with a list of nets, it does not seem to include the nets which only have one node.

The reason I only have one node in that net is b/c I am connecting an incoming
+110V line to a switch contact. I've tried connecting the switch to a Power
Symbol, to a PWR_FLAG and to a hierarchical pin, but the generated net still
only contains one node:

(net (code 11) (name /Mains_Power/+110V)
  (node (ref SW1) (pin 1)))

What can I do to make the "Copper Zone" tool allow me to select that net? Is there some other way to create some copper around that pin?

Thanks!

Best Answer

Why don't you show the pin going to something like a test point in the circuit? If it doesn't connect to anything it won't be seen as a net and having it connected to an otherwise unused power pin will not generate a net either.

There's a design that I did recently that had a wire coming onto the board and being soldered to a piece of copper - on the circuit, i made the copper = a test point and the footprint/decal in the PCB section I defined a shape of copper which had a pin number