Wayne, Is there any possibility that this will break existing schematic > netlists?
There is no guarantee that this will not change netlist, especially as netlist association is performed based on x,y position of pins. I have just tested this, opening the same schematic in versions with this patch ON / OFF. The NC connections are made / unmade whenever the schematic is loaded. I do not believe there is any way around this. Oliver On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oliver, > > Is there any possibility that this will break existing schematic > netlists? I'm assuming this patch only prevents the user from > generating new invisible/no-connect connections. > > Is anyone else opposed to this? > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 3/7/2017 7:33 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: > > Is there any objection to applying this patch in its current form? Note > > that all it prevents is users accidentally joining pins that are already > > invisible AND non-connect. > > > > Cheers, > > Oliver > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Oliver Walters > > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > Urgh, patch attached here. > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Oliver Walters > > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com > > <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I have amended the patch to only ignore connection of pins that > > are both INVISIBLE and NC (Electrical Type = Not Connected). > > This will improve the safety of the current libraries which do > > contain many parts with NC pins set as invisible. > > > > It will also NOT change the behaviour of people using invisible > > pins for one-to-many connection. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Oliver Walters > > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com > > <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > The attached patch prevents invisible pins from being > > connected using the wire tool in eeschema. > > > > a) If you connect a wire endpoint to the same position as a > > pin endpoint, they are NOT connected visually > > b) Wires and insivible pins are also ignored during netlist > > creation > > c) This does not affect the ability of invisible power-pins > > to automatically connect to global power labels > > > > Is the current behavior of connecting invisible pins to wire > > endpoints desired? Or is it just an aberration? > > > > If there is a very good reason that pins not visible in the > > schematic are able to be connected silently? > > > > before: http://i.imgur.com/3gModvW.png > > <http://i.imgur.com/3gModvW.png> > > > > after: http://i.imgur.com/r8O7c3Y.png > > <http://i.imgur.com/r8O7c3Y.png> > > > > (Note the 'dangling' wire-end indication) > > > > Cheers, > > Oliver > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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