Is anyone else seeing this problem?
I get phantom ratsnest lines when I change the footprint. Trying to select things at the ends of the lines and deleting does nothing. All layers are visible.
I’ll see if I can see anything in a text editor view of the file.
Application: KiCad
Version: (5.1.5)-3, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.66.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1d (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.1.1) nghttp2/1.39.2
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW (actually Win10)
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.71.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.66.0
Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013
Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON
I have seen such a bug, too, but haven’t bothered trying to repeat and report it. If you find a reliable way to repeat it, please report it so that it can be fixed.
I will see if I can produce the bug in a simple file that would be easy to share.
It ma be erratic, as I have had lock ups requiring Task Manager shutdown while trying to identify the sequence that produces the phantom lines.
I’ve attached a two part project that may be useful for others to see if this odd behaviour it can be duplicated.
No phantom rats nest lines yet, but footprint text that is in the first footprint, is not removed when the footprint is changed. The text reference point is pin one on the original footprint.
The phantom rats nest lines connect to the pin locations on the original footprint.
The text items can be deleted one by one.
I’m using un-modified parts & footprints from the Kicad libraries.
If I close & re-open the pcb file, the phantom rats nest lines are not present, but the silk screen text remains. Moving the text does not now cause any phantom lines or Kicad crash.
Application: KiCad
Version: (5.1.5)-3, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.66.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1d (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.1.1) nghttp2/1.39.2
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.71.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.66.0
Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013
