PcbNew: Can't fill zones unless already connected to a net
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Expired
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I was attempting to create a ground plane and fill it before routing any of my other connections. When creating a zone attached to a net, the user is unable to fill the zone unless that zone is already connected to another component that is already bound to that net. In my case, once I manually routed a trace from the ground pad of a capacitor and placed a via, presto, the zone would fill. Maybe this is a design feature, and maybe we can chalk this up to me being a rookie at board layouts. Regardless, I would have liked a message box explaining why the software did not carry out the command I asked it to.
I ended up figuring this out after binding the zone to "no net", and seeing the zone filled immediately after after the fill command.
Suggested resolutions:
1) A message box explaining what happened.
2) Fill the zone anyway, because it's what the user wanted. If it really is important to guard against this, please give a dialog box allowing the user to acknowledge what's going on, and allow the option to override.
Changed in kicad: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
tags: | added: pcbnew zones |
+1