Non-connected pins should each have an unique net to prevent connection to eachother, either that or a special net that behaves that way. In pcbnew, pins with no net assigned can be connected to eachother (and that can be an useful behavior when doing things on pcbnew only).
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Jon Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In the current netlisting algorithm, pins with no-connects sometimes > appear in the netlist, with auto-generated names like Net-(U1-Pad1). > > This seems to not always happen, but I haven't investigated why yet, since > I'm approaching netlisting from a different direction with my new > connectivity algorithm. In my algorithm, a pin with a no-connect attached > will never generate an entry in the netlist. > > Is there some reason we should be including these pins on the netlist? It > seems like if they are marked as no-connects and don't actually connect to > anything, we shouldn't be forwarding them to the layout. > > -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 > >
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