I don't know why people want to have a symbol designating a power connection. Just draw a net from the pin you wish to connect, then name the whatever you want. Use the attribute "netname" on the net.
Stuart On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Richard Rasker wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm creating a schematic in which several voltages are used in multiple > locations. > To prevent the clutter of connecting everything, I decided to try using > named nets, and used the generic-power.sym symbol as a default. These > symbols have an attribute "net", and I assumed that symbols with > identical net attributes would be considered as the same net. > Alas, no matter what net name (e.g. +18V) I enter here, I get a large > amount of error messages when running gsch2pcb. Obviously, I'm doing > something basic wrong. > > I've searched Google, the gEDA and gschem Wiki's, but I can't find any > explanation on how to use named nets and define visible symbols. > > So how do I define or use a symbol which says something along the lines > of "+2.5V" in the schematic, and is connected to all other symbols with > the same name? In the mailing lists I found something where the net name > needed to be defined as name:pin -- but what to enter for pin? > > Thanks in advance, > > Richard Rasker > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
