Le 05/06/2018 à 04:38, Jon Evans a écrit :
> 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
> 

We *should* forward them to the layout.
This is the best way to detect if the footprint has missing pads (incorrect 
footprint choice)

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS

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