I guess if anyone makes a patch with adding it to the ERC options, that is a possible candidate for inclusion if the developers agree.
2015-09-07 17:37 GMT+02:00 Andy Peters <[email protected]>: > >> On Sep 4, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Adam Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Andy Peters <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Someone over on the eevblog pointed this out, so I tested it and verified >>> that it’s indeed the case. >>> >>> Eeschema’s ERC is perfectly happy to accept more than one net label on a >>> net. As a simple test, I took an existing schematic where one net connected >>> two pins. The net had a label. I added another local net label to that net >>> and ran the ERC, and it didn’t complain at all. >>> >>> I generated a pcbnew netlist and noticed how the netlister chose which name >>> to use: alphabetical. So if I put two net labels “foo” and “bar” on the >>> net, the netlister chose “bar” for that net’s name. >>> >>> Now, I can see why it is necessary for hierarchical schematics to allow for >>> net-name overrides (which are not actually overrides, the net name is built >>> with a hierarchical name /top//lower/netname). But at the very least having >>> two labels on a net should throw a warning, if not an outright ERC fail. >>> >>> This was reported back in November 2011 with >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/911002 and kinda dropped on the floor. >> >> This was recently discussed here--not sure what the resolution was: >> https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg19448.html > > Apparently dropped on the floor. > > -a > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
