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Re: Unconnected vs unrouted

 

Hi Seth,

I’m pretty sure the status bar still uses the quick method of determining unconnected (now unrouted).  I investigated the code before making the change, but I could have misunderstood something….

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 23 May 2018, at 20:31, Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> ​Hi Jeff-
> 
> I believe that this distinction has been removed for V5 with the new connectivity algorithm (Tom, please correct me if I'm mistaken in this!)
> 
> -S​
> 
> 
> Am So., 29. Apr. 2018 um 02:19 Uhr schrieb Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> There was a discussion on the forum regarding the difference between the status line “Unconnected” count (which is actually a count of non-zero-lenght ratsnest lines) and the DRC Unconnected (which is a much more thorough and accurate count) [1].
> 
> PC Wiz suggested naming them differently so that the distinction would be more apparent, which I agree would be an improvement.
> 
> Any objections to me renaming the status line to “Unrouted”?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
> 
> [1] https://forum.kicad.info/t/unconnected-pad-not-showing-up-as-unconnected-in-status-bar/10494 <https://forum.kicad.info/t/unconnected-pad-not-showing-up-as-unconnected-in-status-bar/10494>
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