> Is there a circuit drawing package where I can �enter the components, > and then import a netlist? > That means entering the bits a second time. Is there a better/quicker > way out short of paying for the dongle? > I very much doubt if that would be practical.
If I understand your question you feed your new magic machine a �board to eat and it excretes a component list and net list ? �Perhaps I've read to much Douglas Adams... Then this is probably what you are looking for: http://xcircuit.ece.jhu.edu/download.html XCircuit version 3.2 Release Notes XCircuit-3.2 is considered the current, stable, official release version. XCircuit-3.2 is the also development version of XCircuit. Current work includes the integration of automatic schematic capture (ASG) with Stephen Frezza of Gannon University, and the ability of the schematic capture system to handle buses. This should keep us occupied for a while. The Automatic Schematic Capture (ASG) is currently disabled by default until it becomes stable enough to be considered usable. The first function to be added is an hspice parser that reads hspice files and generates schematics from the netlist. Future work includes automatically rerouting in response to moving objects around on the screen, and reading Verilog netlists. The ASG module can be enabled by specifying "--enable-asg" at configuration time. Currently, its main drawbacks are the tendency to exit the program when encountering bad or unknown input in the SPICE file, and crashing the program if run more than once. The ASG package is incorporated into revision 7 and later. BTW Gannon U. is less than 100 miles from here, not that I had any immediate plans to go there but could if needed. -- � � � � � � � � � � http://www.softwaresafety.net/ � � � �http://www.unusualresearch.com/ http://www.bpaddock.com/ -- Author: Bob Paddock INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
