Also keep in mind that the standard is pay-to-access. That's not fit for an open-source project. I rather suspect it would be frowned upon if we were to buy a copy and then put it into the documentation for all to access - and if we don't, how can we follow it?
Forget the damn standard. Make our own, if need be. On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 08:58:50AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Let's not get too hung up on EN60617-3. I really don't care if KiCad is > compliant to some standard other than exporting to third party file > formats. What I do care about is the user experience. If the goal is > to make it obvious to the user (IMO a good thing) that a schematic > connection is or is not made, then I would rather do what makes the best > user experience rather than follow some standard generated by government > body and/or committee. > > On 6/8/2015 8:25 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > 60617-3 allows a dotless junction (as in 03-02-06), but the same > > connection can be represented with two 03-02-05; it is not a violation of > > the standard to always use dots. > > > > On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 08:48:12AM +0300, Vesa Solonen wrote: > >> 08/06/15, 00:44, Wayne Stambaugh kirjoitti: > >>> One thing I did notice is that bus entries do not draw the connection > >>> point so they cannot show their connection status. It would be nice if > >>> bus entries exhibited the same behavior. I'm not sure how much work > >>> would be involved. I'm surprised I never noticed that before or AFAIR > >>> no one has every said anything about it. > >> > >> Are you guys aware that to support both options in EN 60617-3 (1997) > >> [symbols 03-02-04 to 03-02-07] the connection point must only be drawn > >> when the connection is in crossing or identical branching [symbol > >> 03-02-09] wires/buses? Otherwise it should be an user configurable option. > >> > >> Maybe Kicad could use the same end-centered ring hint for all open > >> connections in addition to pins, also while drawing wires and buses. > >> > >> -Vesa > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
