Your project is private so only you can see it so there's a certain amount of guesswork involved in answering your questions. Are you creating a PCB directly in the PCB Editor or are you creating a fully documented Schematic first and then converting that to a PCB by doing Convert to PCB...? The way to add a via is to run a track on the desired (e.g. Top) layer then left click once to place a vertex (green dot) where you want the via then press the B key to place a via and swap onto the other layer (i.e. bottom) then continue dragging to continue drawing the track on the opposite layer.  Note how the netname is inherited from the track onto which the via placed and subsequent track is routed. To place a via from the top layer to a plane on the opposite layer then run a track on the desired (e.g. Top) layer then left click once to place a vertex (green dot) where you want the via then press the B key to place a via and then double right-click to exit the track laying mode. If you follow the EasyEDA Design Flow to create a properly documented schematic then when you convert that schematic to PCB all the appropriate netnames will be passed inonto the PCB Editor as Ratlines so you should not have to worry about naming tracks and vias placed from them. For more detail please see: [https://easyeda\.com/andyfierman/Welcome\_to\_EasyEDA\-31e1288f882e49e582699b8eb7fe9b1f](https://easyeda.com/andyfierman/Welcome_to_EasyEDA-31e1288f882e49e582699b8eb7fe9b1f)

There is no option to make thermal reliefs for vias but see: [https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/How-to-place-multiple-vias-in-a-PCB-footprint-a34cf68d58414138898a56de60abd8c1](https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/How-to-place-multiple-vias-in-a-PCB-footprint-a34cf68d58414138898a56de60abd8c1)

Bump OPs question. I would like a visual indicator as to when a via is connected to a copper pour. I have no idea if I'm doing it right. Example:  Copper pour GND on bottom layer.  I have an SMD pad that needs GND on top layer. I toggle to the bottom layer (B), I place a via w/ a net name GND, I place a track from via to the SMD pad... IS THAT CORRECT? I see OP's confusion, if I put a copper pour directly on the same layer, I see visually (direct or spoke) - it shows the pad "connected" to the copper pour area.... but if I do this with a via from another layer... nothing showing it is working.... no visual indicator, if I place a via in open or from copper pour, if I net name it GND... seems fine... but obviously the via in the open ain't... will DRC catch this... I hope I'm making it clearer.  I get the OPs question, which is why I'm bumping. > **How do you VISUALLY know if a via is connected to a copper pour area?**

(I see no edit post button...) ADDED EXAMPLE IMAGE **How do you VISUALLY know if a via is connected to a copper pour area?** ****

Two ways. 1) Click anywhere on a copper area outline, track, pad or via on the net you are interested in to highlight any individual element. Press the H key to highlight everything connected to that net. 2) Open the Design Manager in the left hand panel. Click on the net you are interested in to highlight everything connected to that net. Any net with a red cross by it is not connected to anything else. Check all the component pins connected to that net in the panel at the bottom of the Design Manager panel. Clicking on the pins will point to them in the PCB. Anything not in that list or not highlighted in the whole net is not connected.

Note that only the outline of copper areas highlights, not the whole flooded area. Also note that any via, pad or track not connected to a copper area will have a clearance area round it.

**GREAT tips, thank you Andy!** To sum it up for other newbies: * Click on anything connected to the net you want (GND in the example), it will highlight all GND net objects * _note__: it will still highlight GND vias not connected to anything (or copper area)_ * [Design Manager](https://docs.easyeda.com/en/PCB/Design-Manager/index.html) (while looking at a PCB) * If a via is within a copper area, but it is not the correct net (like a VCC via within a GND copper area), it will have a space (clearance) around it. * note: this is the quickest way to tell if a via is not connected, be sure to rebuild copper area after placing the via * here is an image to better explain: