That's a bit odd, because when I create a small amount of tracking that needs to be duplicated, it can end up with odd nets on the tracks. When I copy the tracks and attach them to the part of the board than needs them they pick up the correct nets.
Andy On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 06:09:44 -0700 (PDT) Greg Dyess <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, this may at first sound a little strange. I need to change the net > associated with a trace after the trace is drawn. > > Why would I need to do this you ask? Good question there from the back row. > If a trace is created but not connected to anything initially, it can never > be connected to something later because it is assigned to net 0. > > The same thing can happen to a via used to connect a pad to an inner zone > (say a VCC layer). I had this happen to me recently when I had to move a > footprint that disconnected several traces. When I tried to reconnect the > new pad positions to the original traces and/or vias, the DRC checking would > not let me do it because the original trace was now in net 0 instead of > retaining the original net name. > > Has anyone else run across this? Any work-arounds other than digging through > the .BRD file and hand-correcting it? > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > My thought would be to allow the user to right-click a track and set the net > it was associated with. Has this been considered? Am I the only person to > make such mistakes? > > Thanks, > Greg > > >
