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On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Nicklas Karlsson
(nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> I don’t get all the whining about the state of gschem.
>
> Neither do me, I can draw any circuit and adding symbols are simple. I have however indentified some problems with the attribute handling in the workflow. It is probably hard to add workflow dependent attribute handling without bloating gschem but plugins might be a solution.

Who are you responding too? I can't piece together the flow of this
conversation.

>> Gschem is *complete*. What I mean by that is that there is no circuit topology it cannot represent.
>
> Correct gschem is complete in the sense it can represent any circuit.
>
>> Gschem is *productive*. I’ve drawn about 1000 schematics in gschem over 14 years. And the thing is, EE is a sideline to me (I’m a physicist). I don’t find I need to spend much time in gschem: when I’m designing I spend a lot more time in Chrome, looking up datasheets, pinouts, parts availability etc.
>
> Yes to draw the lines and symbols in gschem is fast and simple.
>
>> From where I sit, the critical problems of gEDA lie in pcb. The “show-stopper” is that pcb is *not* complete, and I see no prospect that it ever will be.
>
> I think it could be but it will take time. The big problem I see is time spent on pin assignement and BOM generation but this is no better on commercial products.
>
> The commercial products are good but my schematics are usually simple. I just need a graphical representation of the circuit, draw graphics for the layers on the circuit board and a BOM.
>
>
> Nicklas Karlsson



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