Eagle ver 6.3 - how to clear vias?

[atferrari]

Currently using Eagle ver 6.3, after almost 3 years.

The most pervasive difficulty (at basic level): a via is assigned to change layer during a rerouting; trying to delete it later is not allowed because Eagle considers it as part of the net (do it in the schematics, it says...!)

I recall deleting a via once after a sequence of wild attempts but could not repeat the series of events.

Could anyone help me on this? Gracias.

 

[DerStrom8]

Use the "ripup" feature, not the "delete" feature. Ripup doesn't require back-annotation, delete does (which isn't allowed in the free version).

Hope this helps!
Matt

 

[atferrari]

Sure Matt. Gracias.

Ripping up was the solution. But to understand it I had to relearn how to properly change layers when rerouting (I was forcing vias instead of allowing Eagle to do it properly. Go figure.)

Gracias again.