Dan McMahill wrote:
> Peter Clifton wrote:
> 
>> Working on a board with multiple line-driver cards really makes me want
>> hierarchical PCB cells. The Hierarchy wouldn't quite match the
>> schematic's, but it would be very close.
> 
> I'd like to see that too.  I think it can help even in cases where you 
> just have single instances of each cell.  Take for example something 
> like a microstrip filter, or something very sensitive to parasitics like 
> a high frequency VCO that lives in a shield can.  It would be useful to 
> have those blocks treated as single entities that can be moved around as 
> a unit.

Yes, a part of this idea that may not be apparent at first thought is
the layout data would be overlappable -- superimposed, yet separate.

John
-- 
Ecosensory   Austin TX


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