Re: gEDA-user: gschem won't connect nets

[Paul Probert <paulprobert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Doty wrote:
> On May 24, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Paul Probert wrote:
> 
>> Paul Probert wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>>    Today gschem got into a snit with one of my diagrams, and  
>>> refused to
>>> make a connection when drawing a net from a pin on a symbol to  
>>> another
>>> net. That is, the end of the net is left with the red box, and won't
>>> make the yellow dot when it hits another net. Also, the netlist will
>>> show a pin disconnected, as verified by PCB not showing any rats  
>>> going
>>> to the pin.
>>>    I suspect there's something in my schematic, some homemade symbol
>>> that's throwing it into a tizzy.  All my pins are on 100 mil grids as
>>> far as I can tell. Anybody ever have this kind of trouble?
>>>    I am using 1.4.0.20080127, on Gentoo.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Paul Probert
>>>
>>    I took a look at the .sch file with a text editor, and most, but  
>> not
>> all, of the coordinates ended in 01, whereas in other diagrams of mine
>> that work they all end in 00. So I did a search and replace, and  
>> now the
>> circuit is fine. So how did they get off by one mil?
> 
> Is it possible that you accidentally selected and moved stuff with  
> the grid snap off?
> 
The only time I remember turning off the snap lately was when I was 
modifying a symbol. Hmm, I see that it stays off when I go Hu after 
working on a symbol. Ok, then I could have done it. Thanks. Sorry for 
all the noise.

Paul Probert



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