I changed a symbol of one connector in schema to another symbol but with the same pins without changing anything esle. Somehow the netlist changed the netnames of the connector. PCBnew kept the old net names and reloading the netlist did not upload the nets, even removing any traces or fooprints with those previous netnames. Hence schema parity errors and unable to resolve the warning. Surprisingly after closing kicad completed and reopen the netnames in pcbnew updated when loading the netlist… Not sure if I overlooked something but this was bit annoying. (Kicad 6)
Are you still using the export of a netlist and importing it in the PCB editor?
That has been deprecated for years. The netlist functionality is kept mainly for unusual work flows and interfacing with external programs. Use Schematic Editor / Tools / Update PCB from Schematic [F8] instead.
Thank you Paul. Yes, this functionality (when generating the BOM from Schema) is critical to transfer the information to external programs. Hopefully this function will stay and not be taken out.
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