On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:58 PM, John Doty wrote: > > On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Steven Michalske wrote: > >> The power of text based file formats :-) > > The way I do connectors these days is that I have a "connector" > symbol that's just a box with refes=, device=, and footprint=. I'll > place that and draw a bus to it. Make the appropriate connections to > the bus. Then, make a table of the pin connections and convert to > a .sch file using the pins2gsch script I posted here last year. The > pins2gsch output is humanly unreadable, but works fine with gnetlist > as long as it comes after the real schematic on the command line > (otherwise you run into the "gnetlist only takes attributes from the > first instance it sees" bug). > > I think a table of pins is a much easier way to understand a big > connector than a tangle of lines. The PC board layout guy I've been > working with likes it also: he'll tweak the table to make his job > easier, send it back to me... >
This is fantastic example of scripted intermediate steps. Here is the message for those interested. http://archives.seul.org/geda/dev/Nov-2008/msg00069.html John did any bug fixes or features get introduced since then? Did you ever do or think about anything for mating connectors, or a graphical representation? Steve > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
