Adding Items from Hidden Net to Net

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Modified by Phil Loughhead on Feb 20, 2014

This compiler hint is related to components and appears when you have specified one or more pins to be hidden and connected to an existing net within the design - typically a power pin connected to VCC or GND for example. The message is displayed in the Messages panel in the following format:

Adding items to hidden net NetName,

where

NetName is the name of the target net.

Default Report Mode

Warning

Recommendation

The problem arises when the following properties for the offending pin(s) are evident (in the associated Pin Properties dialog):

The Hide option is enabled
The Connect To field contains the specific power net name.

Resolution of this issue is on a per-component basis and also depends on whether a component contains multiple sub-parts.

For a non-multi-part component, enable the display of the pin(s) in the workspace (simply disable the Hide option). You will need to wire each pin to the appropriate power port for the net you wish to connect to.

The previous solution can also be applied to multi-part components, but a far better solution is to clear the Connect To field and set the Part Number field to 0. Leave the Hide option for the pin enabled. Repeat for each pin that has been connected to a power net in this way. Ideally, the power net connections should be assigned through use of part 0 in the source library component.