Net ties, star routing and decoupling capacitors as first-level tool (lp:#1571930)
Original report created by Simon Richter (sjr)
These three features are similar in type:
- net ties connect two different nets in one place only.
- star routing requires certain traces to start either on a specific pad
or at a common point (like a single-layer via)
- decoupling capacitors should be connected to certain pins primarily
All of these modify ratsnest and DRC behaviour. Ratsnest would be correct
if these nets were distinct (giving DRC errors), and DRC would be correct
if the nets were the same (giving wrong ratsnest), so explicitly
communicating requirements would be good here.