Can I use this list to make a suggestion? What about to put two icons that act like flags in the toolbar (or somewhere else) that goes from gray to red (prefer. blinking) one that shows that has a short in the log windows, and another that shows a DRC problem (when the auto-DRC is on)? That would be very nice, because I dont like DRC to interrupt me every time I create a DRC problem, when moving, placing parts, etc, so I prefer to run DRC() from times to times. I think the icons become blinking by pressing O and it founds a problem, and stops blinking by solving the problem and pressing O again. So, it is easy to think that when he writes a warning in the log window, he starts blinking. By pressing O again he allways stop blinking, but if another (or the same...) warning appears, he re-start blinking. What about it?
Em Qua 08 Jun 2005 21:03, harry eaton escreveu: > The short is not shown in pink, but element pins and pads that don't belong > to a net will show pink sometimes. > > It is not possible to "locate the short" in the general case although there > may be many common shorts which could be located with one algorithm or > another. However, it is my experience that the human eye is quite good at > spotting shorts that are detectable with simple algorithms and not so good > when the problem is also difficult for simple algorithms. > > Checking for shorts real-time might be possible. If you use the > "auto-enforce DRC" it won't let you create shorts with the line tool. > > Frequent use of the "o" (optimize) key should give you an early warning > when something has gone wrong too. > > A "single" short is generally reported twice, once while checking each > participating net. It's reported the same way if you were to have a dozen > shorts between the same nets. > > h. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christian Treldal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "gEDA user group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:14 AM > Subject: gEDA-user: pcb-bin-log > > > Hi > > > > Are there by any chance that PCB could report where it think it finds a > > shorted net. > > > > I have the following in the log > > > > 21: WARNING!! net "Vdd" is shorted to net "Vcc" > > 22: WARNING!! net "Vcc" is shorted to net "Vdd" > > > > Which I thinks that PCB finds 2 places with a short. > > > > I've checked and doublechecked the netlist no shorts to be found there. > > > > Any good advice would be appreciated > > > > > > --
