Hi!
I had (have) a similar problem, that I just now solved. Pretty new to kicad
btw, but hope this helps.
Juan's answer and a bit of luck (or a streak of inspiration?) put me on track,
so to speak. It's not fully automatic though, as one must put a "patch" of
track on existing ones to reconnect tracks or pads with other tracks.. (or to
join different nets, I guess).
- First turn off DRC to enable new tracks to end on existing tracks, or on
different nets.
- Then draw a new track to (re)connect nets (or tracks..or traces?)
- Press the "Read Netlist" button.
- In the "Netlist Dialog" window, press the "Rebuild board connectivity"
button. Close the dialog. (Simply re-enabling the DRC didn't help).
Probably best to confirm by choosing the "Net Highlight" button on the
right-hand pane, and select the tracks to see which ones light up. All tracks
you reconnected should now be on the same net.
But, as said, not entirely automatic, as one must do this with every net /
track that needs to be reconnected, even if they are right on top of an
existing track (even if on the same layer).
--- In [email protected], Greg Dyess <gregory.dy...@...> wrote:
>
> That's eventually what I had to do. DRC then complained profusely about the
> vias under the pads. I think that is because when I moved the chip back to
> the original position, I did not get it exact and the vias were no longer
> directly under the pads.
>
> Greg
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> ________________________________
> From: Juan Franco <jumafr...@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 2:55:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Changing trace's net
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> Hello Greg
> You could try disabling DRC in PCBNEW so that it will let you connect the
> tracks to the correct net, and then re-enabling DRC to check. I think the
> tracks will be assigned to the correcponding nets.
> Regards
> Juan.
