# Multiple Trace Width Nets...

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/multiple-trace-width-nets/10742>\
**Category:** PCB Design\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/multiple-trace-width-nets/10742 "2009-04-08T06:33:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![adamv61243](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@adamv61243](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/adamv61243)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/multiple-trace-width-nets/10742/1 "2009-04-08T06:33:16Z")

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Without manually routing or using something akin to an GND-AGND junction to split up nets, is there a straightforward way to have different trace widths on different legs of the _same net_ in Eagle?

I have a number of high current traces that also need to supply a small amount of current to a handful of components… and it’d be nice if the low power traces weren’t super-sized.

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**Author:** ![leon\_heller](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/leon_heller/32/7602_2.png) [@leon\_heller](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/leon_heller)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/multiple-trace-width-nets/10742/2 "2009-04-08T10:54:36Z")

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You should be routing a board like that manually, anyway.

Leon

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**Author:** ![Shifted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Shifted](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Shifted)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/multiple-trace-width-nets/10742/3 "2009-04-08T14:09:09Z")

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While I agree with Leon, if you MUST use the autorouter, you can manually route the high current traces and then let the autorouter do the remaining.

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**Author:** ![Philba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Philba](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Philba)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/multiple-trace-width-nets/10742/4 "2009-04-08T14:59:25Z")

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You can also use change/width to change specific traces after they’ve been routed.