Hello.
Is there any way to open in 2 a signal wire in the schematics editor?
What I'm missing is a way to divide in two a signal wire in the
schematics editor and keep the original names. Dividing a signal wire in
two can be achieved by deleting a (joining) middle segment of the wire.
Though, what now happens (in Eagle 6.4.0 and earlier) is that the longer
wire segment keeps the original name and the shorter segment receives a
new name (like N$33). How it now works is a standard and well documented
Eagle behaviour.
But this behaviour does not cover all usage cases. Often there is a need
to move/reorganize signals and blocks in schematics sheets. In this case
it would be valuable to be able to "open" the signal wires but keep
their original names throughout. Maybe a "Control+Delete" on wires could
be introduced to delete a wire segment but not change wire names in case
of a split...or am I unaware of some already existing feature?
I am aware that you can delete a middle segment of a wire and then
rename back the shorter part. The BIG problem is that if there also
exists a (consistent) routed *.brd file the wire delete in schematics
will also ripup some part of the routed wire in *.brd.
All this could be done by 1) closing the *.brd file, 2) ignoring "F/B
Annotation has been severed!" warning, 3) deleting wire, 4) renaming
back the shorter part, 5) reopening *.brd file, 6) running ERC to verify
consistency. Much easier/quicker/safer if there existed a
"Control+Delete" on wires (or similar command) in schematics editor...
Regards,
Kim
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