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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 07/10/2016 à 21:12, Nox a écrit :
> Hello Orson,
> 
> You are completely right and I am aware of this fact. Tbh this modification is in the current state
> only of limited use. Some of the few occasions I encountered was then I moved/copied some routed
> parts around or then I changed one pin from one net to another in the schematic for an already
> routed board. After reading in the new netlist the already existing tracks got not the desirable
> name (as they are now connected to two different pins/names) so I had to remove the tracks and
> replace them again to get them properly connect IIRC.

You do not need to remove the track: just remove the incorrect segment (only one is enough and you
know what segment is wrong after changing you schematic), and after rebuild the connectivity.

Remaining tracks will be correctly updated with the right net name.
No need of a new tool to rename track nets. Pcbnew does that very well

(or you can choose the automatic deletion of bad tracks when reading the netlist)

> 
> Actually I would love to discuss as well if auto renaming needs to be a mandatory step or if it
> could be a tool instead or if one could implement a option to preserve names of not or ambiguous
> connected elements during the auto renaming.
> 
> Regards,
> Nox
> 
> Am 07.10.2016 um 19:14 schrieb Maciej Sumiński:
>> Hi Nox,
>>
>> Tracks & vias obtain their nets through the net propagation algorithm:
>> they inherit nets from the pads they are connected to. Manually assigned
>> net names will be overridden every time the algorithm is executed.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> On 10/07/2016 05:09 PM, Nox wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> what do you guys think about enabling edit of net names for tracks&vias
>>> via the property dialog? Is it silly to allow that?
>>> I thought about something like that: http://codepad.org/F2sGzw7u .
>>>
>>> best regards


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS