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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 03:01:34AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> 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.

Indeed, but at least a tool to help fixup non right-angle nets would be
a first step, and it must be doable. There was such a tool back when 
I used OrCAD or a 286.

BTW, a long time ago I protested because there was no dot when 3 or 4
pins coincided without a net segment. The bug was fixed at some point
but is now back.  

    Gabriel