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On Mon, 2015-07-13 at 07:49 -0700, Ouabache Designworks
(z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> And schematic capture is a single layer PCB with minimal widths and
> thickness where  lines crossing at right angles do not connect. So we
> start
> with a common graphics drawing program and add a schematic module or a
> PCB
> module or a autoroute module  or a 3-D module all on a common base.
> I'm
> surprised that no one has applied autorouting to schematic capture,
> That
> would really be usefull.
> 
> 
> John Eaton

Generally that is a good plan.

Indeed five years ago I started with some Cairo drawing on a GTK drawing
area for fun -- later that evolves to my gschem clone. But at that time
I was not aware how unpopular GTK now is.

So for your plan you have to select a GUI toolkit and a drawing toolkit
and maybe a language. And start work.

Autorouter for schematic capture was already suggested, I think one time
by Kai Martin. And that German guy with his Java schematics editor tried
it also.

To the Xi tool: Yes, I think I have seen it already years ago. But
designing a GUI toolkit and a CAD tool at the same time, that is really
a very, very big effort.