I install Kicad 8.03 and noticed that in the tracks/pads the netname plus its hierarchical path is shown. The text is becoming so small that it is not readable during routing. Below the difference between Kicad 8.03 and 7.05.
Is there a setting to change it back to as it was with 7.03?
Kicad 8.03:
Kicad 7.05:
I expect it’s a bug (testing addition?). There’s no reason for informing the PCB about the schematic structure.
It’s not a bug. KiCad recently (don’t know exactly which version) started showing full path names. I guess I would also prefer the short names without the path, At the moment there is probably no option to set this. There is only: PCB Editor / Preferences / Preferences / PCB Editor / Display Options / Annotations / Net Names: (show on pads, tracks or both) and If it was adjustable that would be the place to do it. An option for the old behavior seems a reasonable feature request.
But also:
The reason this has become a bit of an issue, is because of the change itself, not just for the long names. Another way to adopt for example is to use shorter names for sheet names. /DCC_Outputs / Output_Stage_DCC / CH_SHRT is a a quite long name. which shows both DCC and Output twice. If you knew in advance these would show up on the PCB tracks, you probably would have chosen shorter (but not too short) names.
The setting option paulvdh mentioned have no effect on it. I have been looking in the release notes to see when it was introduced, but could not find it. Making the sheetnames shorter is more symptom management than a solution. In my design I have currently 3 levels. Adding more will make it even worse.
Can anyone confirm that there is no setting available at the moment or shall I just report an issue at gitlab.com?
I have created an issue report: Disable showing hierarchical path in netnames (#18438) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab
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