Comment 3 for bug 1222899

Hi Chris
Thanks for the great comment, I've just been using it with great success on my latest board.
I have come across a minor annoyance with it though, although the DRC doesn't remove the new "vias", if you make changes to the schematic that involve re-importing the netlist with "Delete Extra Footprints" checked then predictably it removes all of my nicely placed thermal vias :-(

This may be something that we just have to live with, however I was wondering if there was a way of telling Kicad that this component should be kept? Just thinking as I'm typing, setting the footprint to locked would probably do it, though that's a bit of a pain if you have lots of them...

Anyway, thanks for a great solution and a great product :-)

Nick