Dead End Traces

Question

Is there a way to easily find dead end traces in the layout?

For nets that route to several components, I have found that I miss cleaning up traces when one of those components is removed. I end up with traces that branch out to no where but don't have visibility of it until the board house catches and inquires about the dead end traces. Nothing shows on the Unrouted layer since the nodes are mated and I can't figure out a way to check for this.

Am I missed any option in the DRC or is that a ULP I have not found?

Thanks.

Eagle 6.6.0, Windows 7

autodeskguest · Accepted Answer

MarkZ wrote:

Is there a way to easily find dead end traces in the layout?

For nets that route to several components, I have found that I miss
cleaning up traces when one of those components is removed. I end up
with traces that branch out to no where but don't have visibility of it
until the board house catches and inquires about the dead end traces.
Nothing shows on the Unrouted layer since the nodes are mated and I
can't figure out a way to check for this.

Am I missed any option in the DRC or is that a ULP I have not found?

there are several ULPs out there that can do that, here is mine

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Lorenz