Zones get wrong net assigned

[cgerlach42-2]

The README states, zones are not supported. I guess this is somehow outdated (looking at the functionality and the commits). Still, they seem to get wrong net names assigned. I am not familiar with KiCad internals, but looking at the .kicad_pcb file there seem to be two assignments: net and net_name. In the resulting file 'net_name' seems to have the right name but missing the hierarchical part (its '/netname' instead of '/subcircuitX/netname'). And 'net' refers to a completely wrong net number (different net than the one referred in 'net_name'. This results in different net names being displayed int the status bar and the properties editor when the zone is highlighted. And of cause wrong connections.

[gauravmm]

Thanks for the bug report, and for noticing that the hierarchical part is missing. I'll take a crack at it this weekend.

If you have the chance, I'd appreciate it if you could upload a small dummy project with a zone and explain exactly what the plugin gets wrong? I'm a relative newbie at PCBs and have never used the Zone feature in KiCAD.

Thanks!

[OfficialDyray]

Pull request added. I did some basic testing, which passed the sniff test. I might revisit nets in the future to pin down a more durable way of finding net names.

[gauravmm]

Thanks! I'll take a look at it.

[cgerlach42-2]

Just checked the zone handling: seems to do the trick. Checked with local net names, global net names and power nets. At least in my small test project. I guess you don't need the test project anymore (just created it today)...

[gauravmm]

I'll definitely take the test project if you have it! I'll add it to our set of test/example cases so we can use it to check future software updates.

[cgerlach42-2]

kicad_hierachical_test.zip Quick and dirty test project. Issue remaining is the unnamed local net (as mentioned in my other issue)

[gauravmm]

Thanks!