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From:	Donald Tillman <don AT till DOT com>
Subject:	[geda-user] Parts with internally connected pins
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Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:17:03 -0700
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Hi,

What would be the best way to deal with parts that have pins that are internally connected together, and when laying out a board you can freely connect to one, or to the other, or both?  And do it in such a way that the pcb Optimize Rats Nest command doesn't complain.

My specific case is the Bourns PTV09 vertically mounted pot.  Besides the usual three pins, there are two pins connected to a shield.  They're the same piece of metal so it's only necessary to connect to one of them, it doesn't matter which one.  

I tried a footprint file with the two shield pins with different names but the same number, but the rats nest demands a connection between them.

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
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