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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

60617-3 allows a dotless junction (as in 03-02-06), but the same 
connection can be represented with two 03-02-05; it is not a violation of 
the standard to always use dots.

On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 08:48:12AM +0300, Vesa Solonen wrote:
> 08/06/15, 00:44, Wayne Stambaugh kirjoitti:
> > One thing I did notice is that bus entries do not draw the connection
> > point so they cannot show their connection status.  It would be nice if
> > bus entries exhibited the same behavior.  I'm not sure how much work
> > would be involved.  I'm surprised I never noticed that before or AFAIR
> > no one has every said anything about it.
> 
> Are you guys aware that to support both options in EN 60617-3 (1997)
> [symbols 03-02-04 to 03-02-07] the connection point must only be drawn
> when the connection is in crossing or identical branching [symbol
> 03-02-09] wires/buses? Otherwise it should be an user configurable option.
> 
> Maybe Kicad could use the same end-centered ring hint for all open
> connections in addition to pins, also while drawing wires and buses.
> 
> -Vesa
> 
> 
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