Pin numbering error when creating pad array
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Fix Released
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Medium
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John Beard |
Bug Description
When creating circular pad array from one initial pad with number 1, the generated pads do not get properly numbered when using the option "Initial Number: Use first free number". All of them then get number 2 instead of being numbered 2-4. When using the other option, the numbers get generated properly.
Application: kicad
Version: 6.0.0-rc1-
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.61.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1 zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) nghttp2/1.32.1 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.18.0-12-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,
Boost: 1.65.1
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.58.0
Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1011
Build settings:
USE_
USE_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
BUILD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_SPICE=ON
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → 5.1.0 |
Changed in kicad: | |
assignee: | nobody → John Beard (john-j-beard) |
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
@Seth Is the "first free number" thing even useful? How often do people do that rather than writing in their own numbers? I feel like perhaps just removing this option makes more sense. Otherwise it's not clear:
* First available number: if you have pads "1, 4, 6" already, is the first available number 2 or 7?
* If 2: do you skip all existing numbers (so the new items here are "2, 3, 5, 7".
Finding the "highest" existing pad number is quite a pain, especially if you have pads that don't fit an alphabet.