----- Original Message ----- From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison
(...snip...) > > I > >don't see a wire name at all unless I place a net > >label. > > Protel does not display automatically-assigned wire names.... The actual > name assigned will vary with how connectivity is specified..... But I can't > recall ever wanting to see these names.... In practice, one always knows a > node in the net and the node is easy to find in Protel. I think DXP has > made some advances in net analysis in Schematic, but I'm not sufficiently > familiar.... The place I find viewing automatic schematic net names useful is if the PCB is in a different tool that cannot be directly hot-linked (such as when only a netlist was passed between them). Then it is not easy to highlight an assortment of nets on the schematic and automatically have them highlighted similarly on the PCB. You have to do it manually one pin per net, which can add up to a lot of time if you have to do it a lot. If the automatic net name were available on the schematic it shortens the time somewhat. On a related note, I find having meaningful net names helps me understand and untangle the PCB when I'm not autorouting. Therefore I would like to name (nearly) all significant nets on the schematic. However, I need to keep some local and some global. This can be done with ports, but this use conflicts with some customers restriction of using ports for identifying busses only. It would be nice if there were a local/global/automatic override control on net labels. Jeff Condit * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
