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Subject: Re: [geda-user] XML file format (what could be expected)
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> On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:34 AM, karl AT aspodata DOT se wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to be able to do, gschem:
> > 
> > . give parameters to subsheets, like
> >  output is to be 12V select suitable resistor devider
> >  this filter has this freq., select suitable components
> 
> Neither gschem nor the schematic file format need any modification to do this. It works nicely with SPICE. It’s a downstream issue.
> 
> If you’re doing this for layout in a big project, I think you probably want the capability to use automatically generated schematic files as your intermediates. The reason is that there’s a subset of reviewers and technicians who find hierarchy challenging, and parameterized hierarchy will be even more confusing.
> 
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.

Yes parameterized hierarchy would probably be hard to get simple and easy to understand and otherwise it would only add confusion while it is supposed to make things easier. I use to add calculations as a text or possible some text about where calculations or suitable documentation could be found.

Nicklas Karlsson <nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com>