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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] duplicate refdes values
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On Nov 8, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Cyril Hrubis wrote:

> Hi!
>>> So you have three syms for one component and one footprint. Do the pins
>>> of the syms overlap or not?
>> 
>> Usually the pins do not overlap.  I have a few where they do, but I
>> use a perl script to doctor up the netlist when this happens (gnetlist
>> doesn't handle overlapping *pins* very well).
> 
> Okay, so warning on duplicate refres with overlaping pins?

I have a plugin for gnetlist that detects conflicts between the attributes attached to the symbols associated with a component. I think this will catch most cases of unintentional reuse of a refdes.

See censor-fix.scm at http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/john_doty/

Maybe a pcb expert can give you instructions on using a gnetlist plugin in a pcb flow.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com

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