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On Fri, 2014-01-10 at 23:08 +0100, Jan Kasprzak wrote:
> 	Hello,
> 
> Jason White wrote:
> : Just a hunch,  try making a footprint with multiple "1" and "2" pins
> : that correlate to the schematic symbol.
> 
> This almost works, thanks! I have modified TYCO_FSMJSM.fp to have
> two pins named and numbered "1", and two pins named and numbered "2".
> The resulting .pcb and .net files do almost what I want - pcb considers
> both pins in a given pair to be part of the same net. Good.
> 
> The problem is, that it still requires the pins in a pair to be connected
> with a PCB trace (it displays a rat line connecting pins 1 and 2,
> and another connecting pins 3 and 4).
> 
> How can I fix that? Thanks,
> 
> -Yenya
> 

Have you tried using an empty string for pin names 2 and 4 in your
modified footprint file? I can not remember if I have ever done that --
I guess it may work. But why not connecting the pads? Draw a trace, or
make an additional (thin) pad in the footprint connecting the pads.

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