I have a need to attach a wire to a PCB. My footprint produces a plated slot on the edge of the board that the conductor bundle is dragged into, retained in the slot, soldered then the extra wire trimmed. This is a lot easier and quicker than trying to poke the wires through a hole. If the insulation is stripped and the conductor only bared for  a few mm the bundle is restrained by the insulation that is discarded after soldering.  . The footprint has a solid copper region  around the pads. When I attempt to rout to the footprint, I cannot get out of because I assume the copper has not assumed the netname of the pads. How do I declare the net of the copper within my footprint? Peter Clark, Bendigo Australia