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On Jul 15, 2015, at 2:07 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> In your most recent example, you forcibly included spice in a
> discussion of trace widths, something spice doesn't have a concept of.

And this is exactly the problem I see. A proper general mechanism would allow one to associate *properties* with net segments, not just trace widths. Furthermore, trace width might come into SPICE in a calculation of derived electrical properties. Your imagination skips too quickly into a short cut to a pcb application. But geda-gaf’s greatness is comes partly from the fact that there are few such short cuts in it (see my comment of Viewlogic earlier today).

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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