Within the framework of the periodic bond
chain analysis for the prediction of crystal morphology, connected nets
play a crucial role. For a face (hkl) often more than one connected net
is found. Symmetry relations between such connected nets can give rise
to symmetry roughening of nets. In this paper, all cases where symmetry
may lead to symmetry roughening are derived. The role of a mother phase
in contact with the crystal is explicitly taken into account. It turns
out that cases of symmetry roughening are, in a sense, complementary to
situations where the classical Bravais-Friedel-Donnay-Harker selection
rules apply.