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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:44:06 -0500
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On 03/17/2015 01:26 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Which elementary objects would you use instead of the current
> predefined ones, and what would be a couple of concrete advantages?

These are all on top of the low level John D.  already mentioned:

1.  A circuit path that has a netlist attribute and physics attribs  ---->  it is defined even when floating
	free of any pad.  -->  Setup of keepouts for autorouting, or manual power routing.
	-->  Copper thickness defined for sims, compat. checks.

2.  A pad ring that has a netlist attribute attached independent of being in a pad stack,
	and has a definition of being on a layer -->  more direct and easier to
	parse in the code ---8-)--> buried vias can be implemented and simulations can
	extract capacitance data from physical shape without assumptions.

3.  a non-conductive board material primitive with physical attribs  --->  simulation
	and compatibility checks of subcircuit layouts and
	accurate 3D models become possible