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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB antenna question
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On 01/28/2017 06:41 AM, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> I tried redefining these lines in several ways using a text editor (by
> changing the pad numbers(*)), but PCB insists on treating the whole
> thing as a collection of shorted nets -- which of course is technically
> correct, but not what is desired.
> 
> Simply said: Is there a way to create a 'shorted' element that isn't
> treated as a short circuit by PCB?

You can use the Line element (not ElementLine) instead of pad for most
of the loop using Pad for the endpoints. This solves most of the problem
but it does leave those two pads shorted.

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David W. Schultz
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