Why can invisible pins be connected at all? On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 3:00 AM, Maciej Sumiński <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Jon, > > It seems there is no patch attached to this message. I realize it is > better to hide invisible pins when they obscure the view, but I wonder > whether the user should be at least aware of their presence. > > In case a symbol does not follow the KLC and has invisible pins exposed, > then it can easily create an unwanted connection. In my opinion such > symbol is badly designed and should not really occur, but I am just > giving an idea of what may go wrong. Perhaps we should have an ERC rule > that warns about invisible pins being connected to a wire, any thoughts? > > Regards, > Orson > > On 01/11/2018 05:10 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Implemented an override flag that makes it possible to turn off invisible > > pin rendering outside of the EDA_DRAW_FRAME. > > > > Fixes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1742485 > > > > IMHO this is a bug, not a feature request, because the invisible pins > > clutter the view in the preview pane of the component chooser and are not > > necessary. > > > > -Jon > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >
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