X-Authentication-Warning:	delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f
X-Recipient:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
X-Original-DKIM-Signature:	v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
	d=gmail.com; s=20120113;
	h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references
	:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to
	:user-agent;
	bh=8FjF8AqYko94o9nck+8xQEBDPDzswtuErnwt+Ks3pzA=;
	b=MKxDv1nsjguduyK7rRa1a/shP0e3mQ4LgTfKx93HAQR02tzy+TnFz7fYeF5muAhHl7
	Nv65t1g8iFl6W6JP9A0s2IM/3QoxRupXsX0lpCmF5MIfUiura2ftwpe7MPPonb195s1y
	EUGa5NJSY7n/Hs7bclIcVpATpSzXxRHXys9gbBeOqqE8YgJojfN+ZGlapeiuodF9CdeM
	jQ6KGESLbcGWEKU3WTl6lNwzPw6XrLxjbcv/5im5ANKQHJYgKEgOeVeEq+57lOnvINDr
	6lGbYACiGosav+o3xsJny0q3AE2EiP9UqtKj/y+E1JhwK6847o+iubtE2JnYEJTp3/J2
	03xw==
X-Received:	by 10.152.9.5 with SMTP id v5mr36058242laa.111.1436866653485;
	Tue, 14 Jul 2015 02:37:33 -0700 (PDT)
Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:37:31 +0300
From:	"Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: [geda-user] PCB interface (ECAD vs. MCAD)
Message-ID:	<20150714093731.GF14371@localhost.localdomain>
Mail-Followup-To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
References:	<76520AC3-3E8D-4F80-A912-AB076DD8D0C6 AT icloud DOT com>
	<1670171546 DOT 913210 DOT 1436776811789 DOT JavaMail DOT yahoo AT mail DOT yahoo DOT com>
	<79456AAA-24A9-4300-900D-005ABBCFCBDA AT icloud DOT com>
	<CAOP4iL0dWqVnAXRSfYKRW4BknJ5WK5oFceSg7TWcb3m57oUesA AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
	<mo1n1e$mh3$1 AT ger DOT gmane DOT org>
	<20150714065758 DOT GB9338 AT visitor2 DOT iram DOT es>
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<20150714065758.GB9338@visitor2.iram.es>
User-Agent:	Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Reply-To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To:	nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To:	listserv AT delorie DOT com

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 08:57:59AM +0200, Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 03:01:34AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> > Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45-
> > Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w AT public DOT gmane DOT org) [via geda-user-
> > Ht4Cp5ncgjRBDgjK7y7TUQ AT public DOT gmane DOT org] wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm
> > > surprised that no one has applied autorouting to schematic capture,
> > > That would really be usefull.
> > 
> > Schematic capture serves two purposes. It is the way the electronics 
> > designer tells the computer about the connections he needs in the 
> > netlist. And it also is meant to present the topology of the circuit 
> > to the human eye as comprehensibly as possible. A readable schematic 
> > asks for much more than "connect all these pins with lines".
> > 
> > An auto router needs to be told which pins to connect. In other words, 
> > it needs a netlist. But it is the main purpose of schematic capture to 
> > create a netlist in the first place.
> 
> Indeed, but at least a tool to help fixup non right-angle nets would be
> a first step, and it must be doable. There was such a tool back when 
> I used OrCAD or a 286.
> 
> BTW, a long time ago I protested because there was no dot when 3 or 4
> pins coincided without a net segment. The bug was fixed at some point
> but is now back.  

Gabriel,

Please file a bug report on launchpad on this.

Thanks,
  Vladimir

- Raw text -