Have you tried selecting part A, in the lib editor and unticking the
common to units option for pins 4 and 11.

That appears to give you power pins on part A, and nothing on parts B=D

A quick sctatch circuit with 4 parts gives no DRC errors when used that
way.


 Andy




On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:58:23 -0700
Joerg <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andy Eskelson wrote:
> > I think I see what's happened.
> > Pins 11 and 4 have been named as V+ and V- however there are no power
> > ports of that name. Either change them to one of the defined names or
> > create power type pins of that name. As a test change them to VCC etc and
> > see if you get the same effect, if not then that's the problem.
> > 
> 
> 
> It happens regardless of what I call them, even if I do not name them at 
> all. In many analog circuits you cannot directly connect a power port, 
> you need to provide some chips with their own little RC filters, 
> regulators and whatnot. On battery-operated circuits they are sometimes 
> even switched by, for example, a uC plus P-channel FET.
> 
> That's why it is crucial that all A-units remain where they are. The 
> annotation routine can rename U2A into U5A but it should never rename it 
> to, for example, U5B. I may be wrong but my impression is that this 
> distinction (treat A-units differently than all others) is missing in 
> Kicad. If that's true I would not be able to switch to Kicad.
> 
> -- 
> Regards, Joerg
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