Net Groups: Structure and Clarity for Complex PCB Designs

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🔍 Many of us analyze nets every day – but how often do we unlock their full potential?
Anyone working with complex PCB designs knows that single‑net analysis can be slow, fragmented, and error‑prone. This is exactly why PCB‑Investigator’s Net Group feature exists: a tool advanced users rely on to analyze nets faster, cleaner, and more consistently.

With Net Groups, you can bundle related nets, highlight them in color, and analyze them collectively. This speeds up workflows and brings structure into large designs. Key capabilities include:

  • Grouped analysis & rule application (e.g., trace spacing, copper width)
  • Automatic group generation based on net name prefixes
  • Import/export of net groups via XML, CSV, Xpedition, Zuken and more
  • Color assignments, layer activation, component inclusion, optimized zooming for faster navigation

Especially valuable for teams handling high‑speed designs, PDN structures, or complex differential pairs: Instead of chasing individual nets, you analyze complete functional groups — more precise, more consistent, and with far fewer clicks.

If you’re looking to accelerate your analysis workflow or already dealing with large net structures, give Net Groups a try. They’re available in the Developer and Ultimate Edition.

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