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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:34:02 -0500
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On 07/23/2014 01:18 AM, Evan Foss wrote:
> John thing that worries me is the alteration of gschem. Other than
> adding another label for marking a 3D model along with the footprint
> what alteration is really needed from gschem?

Some way for it to handle symbols just as it handles subschematics
the way verilog or verilog-ams does.  Then you have hierarchy
with the ability to reuse modules even if they have the same name.
It's a huge change.  Not likely to happen at all unless a need is perceived.

The kinds of reasons for this would be using gschem in chip design.
Next would be for large scale planar circuits of printed electronics
where you are using verilog and verilog-ams to model the lowlevel function
of layout cells that can be repeated hundreds of times as part of a
circuit.  For when we can layout printed resistors, caps, diodes, transistors,
inductors -- not just wire -- and fabbed for cheap.

Could take a while.