X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-TCPREMOTEIP: 67.137.133.46 X-Authenticated-UID: jpd AT noqsi DOT com From: John Doty Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7562FDB6-95CF-42F5-A041-543A1D43D8D5" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: [geda-help] Pads as carriers of netnames Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 10:53:24 -0600 References: To: "Smilie (smilie AT posteo DOT de) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]" In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --Apple-Mail=_7562FDB6-95CF-42F5-A041-543A1D43D8D5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Aug 7, 2017, at 10:15 AM, DJ Delorie wrote: >=20 > Assigning net attributes to pins/pads is no longer considered "best > practice" for various reasons. There are a few cases where it makes > sense, but not in general. In gschem, they are useful in graphical symbols representing global = connections like power rails. They are also useful in scripts generating = non-graphical connections: see = http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/john_doty/tools/pins2gsch.html = . John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ jpd AT noqsi DOT com --Apple-Mail=_7562FDB6-95CF-42F5-A041-543A1D43D8D5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
On Aug 7, 2017, at 10:15 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> = wrote:

Assigning net attributes to = pins/pads is no longer considered "best
practice" for various reasons. =  There are a few cases where it makes
sense, but not in = general.

In gschem, = they are useful in graphical symbols representing global connections = like power rails. They are also useful in scripts generating = non-graphical connections: see http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/john_doty/tools/pins2gsch.html<= /a>.

John Doty              Noqsi = Aerospace, Ltd.

http://www.noqsi.com/

jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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