Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > > No, I don't think it would. A power port creates a global net with its name > *and* it connects that net to pins and wires through the hot spot of the > power port. > > A power pin on a component does not create any named net if it is visible; > it will connect, yes, but two of these used, for example, as power sources > for an IC would not connect power to that IC. Hidden pins create nets with > their name, but these nets only connect the pin number of the hidden pin to > the named net; as a hidden pin, it does not establish connectivity to any > other pin. > > *However,* one could make a symbol with no pins with whatever graphic one > wanted and use this, in conjunction with a net name, to create a local > "power" net. The origin of the net name (this is the lower left corner of > the text) should be at the apparent hot spot of this symbol. But I don't > think this would be terribly useful, and it could cause confusion, since we > expect power nets to be global; this object create a local net, i.e., > global only if all nets are global.
Thanks much for this clarification. I wasn't sure my idea would work, but you have shown why it would not be a good idea (the local/global difference). Jon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
