It is strange that the pads are not highlighted with the trace. Did you use the highlight tool here or simply selected the traces?
5.1.5 shows a ratsnest and DRC reports unconnected. Also the highlight tool highlights both the tracks and the pads.
I did a DRC check and it does catch this unconnected pin:
Before I opened the project I noticed that …-cache.lib is not present.
I do not know if this is intentional, but this is a very important file in KiCad, and you should always back it up with your project. Because that file is missing the schematic looks like the screenshot below on my system.
Application: Eeschema
Version: 5.1.6-c6e7f7d~86~ubuntu18.04.1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.58.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1 zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.19.1 (+libidn2/2.0.4) nghttp2/1.30.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 5.3.0-51-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.22
Boost: 1.65.1
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.58.0
Compiler: GCC 7.5.0 with C++ ABI 1011Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON
OK, then I’ll assume for now that the upgrade will fix it.
That wasn’t the whole project directory - there’s stuff in there I don’t want to share - that was just a few of the files.
I used the “Select -> Whole Net” menu option to highlight the track - and I did think it was odd that I couldn’t start from the pad, but had to start from the track itself - but it sounds like this’ll be fixed too.
Thanks.
This is the wrong tool to highlight a net. This is as the name states to select all tracks of a net (for example to change all of them at once).
The highlight net tool is found in the right toolbar quite near the top (and presumably somewhere in the tools menu but i am not sure where exactly)
According to my book it could be simple user error.
Combination of turning off the ratsnest and only looking at the Problems/Markers tab and skipping the Unconnected Items. Especially because it may not always be clear these are tabs. In my screenshot it’s just dark text on a lighter gray background and easy to miss.
The name “Select -> Whole Net” states to me that it selects a whole net, but maybe I’m taking it too literally.
The ratsnest was turned on - I checked by removing some tracks (the ones on the “extra” copper layer I used to represent jumper wires) - and as I said, the “Unconnected Items” tab was empty - I always check this before exporting Gerbers, and I checked it again before posting here.
Anyway, I won’t bother taking up any more bandwidth here, assuming the upgrade works.
If it can be a relief for @FenTiger…
With v.5.1.6 it works as @paulvdh says: the DRC catches the error and the ratsnest shows a not finished connection.
With v.5.1.2 (kubuntu 14.04, 32 bits) the DRC doesn’t catch the error and the ratsnest doesn’t show the airwire neither catches the unconnected.
There was a bug already fixed.