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Jason White (whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com) wrote:
: Stefan, I think the easiest solution to net grouping attributes such as
: "Power", "Analog", or "Digital" is to allow for each net to be displayed
: with a different color.

	This is a different problem - marking the whole power rail is
relatively easy. The problem is for nets where the high current is flowing
only between two endpoints (out of more than two). Other endpoints are used
for things like voltage sensing or whatever. You then want to draw a fat line
between these two endpoints, and a narrow line to the voltage sensing circuit.

: > > The barrier for using and enhancing the gedasymbols.org library should
: > be
: > > lowered
: >
: > OK, that is addressed to DJ and the other developers/maintainers. My
: > personal impression is, that generally professional PCB developers
: > hesitate to use symbols and footprints from foreign sources...

	Fair enough. I am not a professional, though, and for prototyping
DYI boards it would be nice if I could just draw the schematics, choose
footprints for it, route the PCB, and send the Gerber files to the fab.
Now I have to look for symbols at gedasymbols.org, fight with not very
consistent naming, and so on. I create my own footprints as a last resort,
not a first one. I can do it, but of course, but I'd rather spent my time
on other things (such as actually using the PCB in question).

-Yenya

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