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> I would like to see the pin mapping also work for connectors.
> 
> One mechanism I’ve contemplated using: Instead of a symbol for a 20 pin connector, use a symbol for a terminal with 20 slots. Then, changing the slot number assigns the pin number. Unfortunately, all the terminals must have the refdes for the connector, such as J1. These refdes would need to be hidden and the refdes added to the dotted line grouping the terminals into a connector.

Technically it would work the same way.

It is however usually neither possible to give pins useful labels or pin numbers. For a ribbon cable and a one row connector symbol it would make sense to map so that symbol pins are in the same order as cables. Technically there would only need to be one symbol for each number of pins but for the most cases I guess it would be much simpler with a symbol resembling the physical look of the cable.

Nicklas Karlsson

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