Re: gEDA-user: shorted net warning

[John Luciani <jcljr58@yahoo.com>]

Dan,

After I received your message I went back and took a 
look at the layout prior to routing. Two components 
did have touching pads. 

Thanks for the help.

(* jcl *)

--- Dan McMahill <dan@mcmahill.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 02:53:46PM -0700, John
> Luciani wrote:
> > I am using PCB version 1.99p and get the following
> 
> > warnings after I choose Connects->optimize
> rats-nest
> > 
> > 2: WARNING!! net "unnamed_net6" is shorted to net
> > "unnamed_net3"
> > 3: WARNING!! net "unnamed_net3" is shorted to net
> > "unnamed_net6"
> > 
> > Here is the netlist:
> > 
> > unnamed_net7	U2-4 C6-2 
> > unnamed_net6	U2-1 C6-1 
> > unnamed_net5	U2-3 T1-8 
> > unnamed_net4	T1-7 T1-6 
> > unnamed_net3	U2-2 T1-5 
> > unnamed_net2	T1-4 T1-2 
> > unnamed_net1	T1-3 T1-1 
> > 
> > If I ignore the warning and route the circuit I 
> > get the message:
> > 
> >   Congratulations!!
> >   The layout is complete!
> >   And has no shorted nets.
> > 
> > I am not sure why the original warning was
> produced 
> > or why it disappeared. Has anyone else seen this?
> > 
> > (* jcl *)
> > 
> 
> 
> When you first got the warning, were there any
> traces on the board?
> 
> Were some of the component pads touching each other?
> 
> Are you certain that there are no shorted nets in
> the routed design?
> (I should hope not, if so its a serious bug and I
> want it fixed)
> 
> Was this autorouted?
> 
> Do you have a copy of the layout in the state where
> you had
> the shorted nets warning you could post?
> 
> -Dan
> 
> -- 
> 



		
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