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A way to join traces on different nets?
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Billygoat 3 years ago
Hi, I want to lay some wiring out on my board \(see blow\) and be able to copy chunks of it \*before\* connecting to the associated components\.  It's for capacitive touch sensors\.  The problem comes when I try to connect the wires\.  Would I be correct in thinking that [this post](https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/Joining-two-nets-in-PCB-77cc989ee9074335955d42def8aeaf76) essentially means "you can't"?  Could a way be developed to override the logic that says "these are separate nets - you can't join them"? I've encountered the same issue when doing more conventional wiring: I'll delete the bits I don't like, then try to reconstruct them better, but sometimes they won't join.  Or if I try to construct one end of a trace starting at one component, then construct the other end starting from the other component.  I'm sorry I'm a bit vague on these more conventional scenarios because it was a few weeks since I last came across it. Thanks ![image.png](//image.easyeda.com/pullimage/60JwPz1FLzd9Vhk7JraVegppAGmQmngSvpyNqPPH.png)
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andyfierman 3 years ago
Joining two nets with different names requires: [https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/Net-tie-a-copper-only-component-with-2-pads-to-split-nets-without-DRC-errors-and-multiple-netname-warnings-b6a099bf01bb4055b821ab398ee37b60](https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/Net-tie-a-copper-only-component-with-2-pads-to-split-nets-without-DRC-errors-and-multiple-netname-warnings-b6a099bf01bb4055b821ab398ee37b60)<br> <br> Trying to join a track starting at a pad on one component pin to another starting at a pad on a different component pin is an issue or net naming and is easily fixed by giving the two pads the same net name. It sounds like you are laying out a PCB without first creating a schematic. Please read and follow the links in: [https://easyeda\.com/forum/topic/How\_does\_the\_Connect\_Pad\_to\_Pad\_tool\_work\_\-JgQO0Ay7H](https://easyeda.com/forum/topic/How_does_the_Connect_Pad_to_Pad_tool_work_-JgQO0Ay7H#:~:text=The%20Connect%20Pad%20to%20Pad,different%20sides%20of%20the%20PCB)
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andyfierman 3 years ago
"...an issue **of** net naming..."
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Billygoat 3 years ago
Thanks andyfierman, "net naming", or rather "renaming", in my case, has pointed me to a good workable solution.  I realise now that the problem is that I need to copy chunks of wiring to use on different nets.  That's actually a very simple task: (1) select all the wires, (2) change the net name in the object properties tool window.  Once that's done it's possible to join the copied chunk of wiring to the other parts of that net.
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andyfierman 3 years ago
@Billygoat, You're welcome. I wasn't 100% sure that I'd understood exactly what you wanted to do but as long as it helped you get there then that's good.
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