Le 06/02/2016 18:23, André S. a écrit : > Ok, I see your point regarding not breaking old designs. > > However: the current KiCad broke mine, since it does regard hidden pins > different than "the old KiCad" (around 2013). > The old KiCad connected a visible "hidden pin" only to the connected net. > The current KiCad still connects it to "VDD" regardless of the connected > net and therefore connects two different named nets. Which then forbids > the use of "VDD" for a power net, when you use a KiCad library part with > hidden pins in your design and connect its power pin to a no-"VDD" net.
AFAIK, about hidden pins, there is no change between 2013 version and the current version. There is no mystery: A hidden "power in" pin name (and only that) is seen as a global label. The only one difference between a true global label and a "power in" pin name is the fact a local label is connected to a global label having the same name inside the same sheet (call it an intuitive feature if you want), and this is not the case between a local label and a "power in" pin name. To tell the True, I do not understand what is a "visible hidden pin". Ant, as Wayne say, if you are not comfortable with hidden pins, just do not use them. But it is a basic feature for all ECAD I know. Using or not them is your choice. -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
