Board has many small unconnected traces under pads

[jsiddall]

Please provide as many details as you can

• What version of freerouting are you using?

v1.9.0 2023-10-30

• On what platform did you run it? Windows, Linux, MacOS? 32-bit or 64-bit?

Linux 64 bit

• What EDA do you use? KiCad, KiCad with freerouting plugin, EAGLE, EasyEDA, other? What is its exact version?

KiCad 6.0.10

• What types of files are you working with? Can you attach the project files (.pro, .kicad_pcb, etc) or the exported DSN file?

Exported DSN file, can attach if it would help

• Did you use any command line arguments?

No

• Can you post a screenshot of the problem?

Yes:

• Can you include the latest, related log entries from the .log file?

Not sure it is relevant, but there were several messages on the console including:

2024-03-19 11:52:03.519 [Thread-153] WARN  FloatLine: Parameter is null
2024-03-19 11:52:12.137 [Thread-153] WARN  CalcFromSide: start corner was not found
2024-03-19 12:16:13.453 [Thread-153] WARN  RoutingBoard.insert_forced_trace_polyline: shove trace failed

• Please list the detailed steps to reproduce the problem

Generate DSN in KiCad, autoroute, export SES, re-import into KiCad

• What would you expect freerouting to do in this situation?

Generate the layout as it did but don't leave tracks with unconnected ends (flagged as DRC warnings)

• Is fixing this issue critical for your work?

No, freerouting is great even with this inconvenience. Keep up the great work!

[andrasfuchs]

Thanks @jsiddall for the report!

Could you attach the KiCad project files so that I can reproduce the whole workflow?

[jsiddall]

Update: having looked at these spurious tracks, they all seem to be on power and ground pads. This may be relevant since there were a small amount of power and ground traces done in KiCad before sending the DSN to freerouting

[jsiddall]

Thanks @jsiddall for the report!

Could you attach the KiCad project files so that I can reproduce the whole workflow?

I would have to cleanup the project first. It has the traces added by freerouting but the folder also has a lot of other older versions in it. I can do that if it would help, though the DSN would be a lot easier.

Also, could I email the files to you directly? Would rather not post publicly.

[andrasfuchs]

We could start with the DSN if that's easier for you, I might be able to find the bug that way.

Please send it to info@freerouting.app. Would it be alright with you if I uploaded the DSN into this repo for testing purposes just like the others?

Thank you!

[jsiddall]

I emailed the cleaned up KiCad project, DSN and SES files. Let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks!

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[jsiddall]

I see the bot is getting impatient! Any progress on this?