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From: Chris Green <cl AT isbd DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Hierarchy in gschem - how?
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On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 10:38:07PM +0200, Roland Lutz wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2018, John Griessen (john AT ecosensory DOT com) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > What he meant was, if not using repeated elements of layout, you can
> > just connect between sheets of a schematic with named nets.
> 
> No, what I meant was: all these conventions around hierarchy are only
> relevant for netlist generation.  If you are not intending to generate a
> netlist from the schematics (i.e., export to a PCB or simulation tool or
> similar), then only the visible graphics matter; in this case, gschem is
> basically a drawing program to you, and you can draw whatever you want. You
> are still free to use source= attributes to make navigation between the
> schematic pages easier, but that's just a convenience bonus.
> 
That's exactly what I'm doing, I'm using gschem as a stand-alone tool
for drawing schematics.  It's the best open source one I've found by
quite a margin.  I use it mainly for documenting existing equipment
(such as a ride on mower I own which has quite complex electrics) and
for documenting my own small electronics projects (currently a
Beaglebone Black used for monitoring in a boat and a little Arduino
battery tester).

I do like to have the ability to draw a top-level which has the main
interconnections and a "collection of boxes" which I can click on to
view the circuit detail.

-- 
Chris Green