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On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:15 AM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:

> How do you _exactly_ define/calculate network affiliation? That was the original problem for the non-history case, so don't just assume it is solved, solve it.

How about having the user affirmatively declare it before drawing? Touch a known object, or select from list, or type netname (could implement all of these). Prominently display the netname under construction in status somewhere.

> Just highlighting everything what is in short is possible with the old behaviour: press F over a shorted net. This is exactly what we want to refine, as it is not helpful on complex boards.

But of course that doesn't work because there are no primitive objects with known net affinites, so F can't identify the specific points where the problem is. And part of that problem (and to me, a source of great confusion) is a lack of primitive objects in the first place.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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