Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I think I understand the basic problem I have with this design. Abdulrahman said it best, as usual :) , with this;
>What you want here is one schematic and 2 PCBs. This is because I am using the master sheet as a block diagram of the electrical design, not the physical layout. Someone recently posted a question to this list, asking weather a schematic should represent the electrical or physical layout, I was of the firm opinion - electrical, now I'm not so sure. In the past this has been ok as each electrical 'block' or sheet was associated closely with the physical layout (i.e. one sheet = one pcb). However due to the distributed nature of the display in this particular design it will not work (one sheet = two pcbs). So, do I scrap the easy to interpret logical electrical layout in favour of a physical one? I'm still not sure. They both have their merits. Electrical layout with annotations pointing to the physical layout is the easiest to use when trying to understand the design, but physical layout would be easier to generate the netlists for layout and thus manufacturing. I'm having another look at the design to see If I can come to a better compromise, perhaps by adding another sheet, for the distributed display components, but then how do I represent this on the master sheet (if I stay with schematic = electrical design) if the master sheet is only to be used for generating the netlst for the other ccts? A rectangle object instead of a sheet symbol for the display cct perhaps? What I would really like is to be able to select a list of sheets to be netlisted instead of all or only one. This has the potential to create more problems than it would solve though (how could I be sure the whole design was netlisted?). I'm sure I'll sort something out. Happy new year, Tom. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
