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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:54:56 -0600
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On 03/11/2016 04:17 PM, James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> How do you actually implement this?
> I’ve found that if I create a direct connection between my AGND.sym and DGND.sym I don’t actually get a sane netlist (i.e. pcb does not think that those two nets should share copper).

I would use netnames to do that.  If they were agnd and dgnd before, change both to gnd and you're done.

Keep that change to one small area of the schematic, with a dashed line box of graphical only lines around it.

Don't sprinkle the netnames agnd, dgand, gnd all over, keep them in that dashed box.  Use page connectors to conduct them to other 
pages.  Label them with graphical only comments on the other pages.