I thought it was possible to have multiple pads in a footprint with the same number. I am designing a footprint for an RF connector where I have multiple THT pads which all are connected to GND.
I gave all pads the same number, but when I run the footprint checker I get an error.
“Error items shorting 2 nets”
There were come copper polygons, which I removed (it are now ‘floating’ pads) but the error persists.
Is it not possible what I try to achieve ?
Any other option (it seems a bit silly to define 18 gnd pins in a schematic symbol for a 2 pin connector) ? SMA_Rosenberg_32K243-40ML5_RBG_TEMP.kicad_mod (9.0 KB)
Using multiple pads with the same number is very common in KiCad. There are plenty of people on this forum willing to have a look at your footprint. You can make it easy for them if you use it in a simple KiCad project, then zip up the project and post it here. Posting a screenshot may also help, but it has a lot less information and is harder to diagnose.
I added the footprint file to my original post. But I already found what was causing it.
It was an edited 3rd party footprint. There were 2 polygons drawn and it seems they added (invisible) SMD pads under the polygons to be able to attach it to a net. I deleted the polygons. By looking into the mod file I noticed 3 SMD pads with size 0.127 x 0.127.