Re: gEDA-user: DRC vs shorted nets?

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@moria.seul.org>]

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From: Steve Meier <smeier@meierrippin.com>

Harry,

True, that is a good way to avoid shorts... it kind of reminds me of an 
old saying...

The future is shaped by the past. So be very carefull about what you did 
in the past.

Or what was it that Pippin said to Frodo.... "Short cuts make long delays."

Steve M.



harry eaton wrote:

>Steve Meier wrote:
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>>I did an simple example where I created an op amp, a power connector and
>>shorted two planes together through one polygon.
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>>Then I selected the ground plane and hit the f-key and as you can see
>>both the +5 and the -5 pins of the op amp were  turned green along with
>>the power connectors two pins.  pcb_nets_shorted.jpg
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>The suggestion for using the "f" key was *before* you put the thermals on;
>it is a scheme for avoiding creating the shorts in the first place. I agree
>that
>it's still very hard to find them. I have an idea that may help find many
>simple
>shorts which I will try to implement in the future.
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>Cheers,
>harry
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