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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB interface (ECAD vs. MCAD)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 03:01:34 +0200
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Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45-
Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w AT public DOT gmane DOT org) [via geda-user-
Ht4Cp5ncgjRBDgjK7y7TUQ AT public DOT gmane DOT org] wrote:

> I'm
> surprised that no one has applied autorouting to schematic capture,
> That would really be usefull.

Schematic capture serves two purposes. It is the way the electronics 
designer tells the computer about the connections he needs in the 
netlist. And it also is meant to present the topology of the circuit 
to the human eye as comprehensibly as possible. A readable schematic 
asks for much more than "connect all these pins with lines".

An auto router needs to be told which pins to connect. In other words, 
it needs a netlist. But it is the main purpose of schematic capture to 
create a netlist in the first place.

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