X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-UW-Orig-Sender: fpm AT homer03 DOT u DOT washington DOT edu Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:40:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Frank Miles (fpm AT u DOT washington DOT edu)" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] Parts with internally connected pins In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LRH 1217 2009-02-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-PMX-Version: 6.1.0.2415318, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2015.6.12.233317 X-PMX-Server: mxout24.cac.washington.edu X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=X, Probability=10%, Report=' TO_IN_SUBJECT 0.5, HTML_00_01 0.05, HTML_00_10 0.05, SUPERLONG_LINE 0.05, BODYTEXTP_SIZE_3000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_1000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_2000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_400_499 0, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_7000_LESS 0, NO_URI_FOUND 0, REFERENCES 0, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_FROM 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __IN_REP_TO 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __REFERENCES 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __SUBJ_ALPHA_END 0, __SUBJ_ALPHA_NEGATE 0, __TO_IN_SUBJECT 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __TO_NO_NAME 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Jun 2015, Donald Tillman wrote: > 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. > [snip] I usually make these 'unnecessary connections' on a dummy copper layer.