I use a simple technique to handle this common problem.
Use the "little arrow thingy" power object, enter the net name as required,
and then place it upside down. Viola! It looks like a little ground symbol
with the net name displayed.
My printouts are legible and I really like being able to see the assigned
net name for the ground. I have since given up on using all those other
cute symbols (ie. the ones that don't display the net name) mostly because
they can be assigned to ANY net so you really don't know for sure at a
glance. For bias nets I like the bar do-dad.
- Dave Lewis
"Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/16/2001 07:39:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [PEDA] Suggestion for Net Names on all Power Symbols
At 04:44 PM 5/16/01 -0700, Brad Velander wrote:
>This just an untested idea. Why not make X number of custom symbols with
>hidden pins and text beside the symbol for the pin/netname (i.e. GND,
AGND,
>DGND, EGND, CGND, SGND, etc.)? [...]
> Let me know what is wrong with this idea [...]
Okay. :-)
If the pins are hidden, they will establish net connectivity ... for what?
They will not take the place of a power object, which has a visible hot
spot and which causes any pin or wire in contact with it to take on the
power object's net.
Having said that, and remembering that it is always easier to shoot down a
new idea than to figure out how to make it work (ever notice this?):
One could make a symbol with both a hidden pin and a visible pin with the
same number. The hidden pin will cause net connectivity for the visible
pin. Maybe. However, this would also cause a new component to be created;
presumably one that will not have a footprint assigned to it, so it won't
end up on the PCB, but it might make for some confusion. Might be worth
trying.
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