Last comment and then I'll shut up. In P-CAD it is possible to make ports that look just like net labels. This has been successfully used to control global vs. local without messing up ports and busses. A kludge, yes, but one that can be used.
Jeff Condit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Mentor PADS comparison > At 10:33 AM 5/17/2004, Jeff Condit wrote: > >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. > > Absolutely. This is much more useful than automatic names anyway (though > the automatic names that take the name from a presumed source pin can be > somewhat useful). > > > 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. > > There is such a control, unfortunately it is precisely the one which > conflicts with customer usage. The restriction of ports to busses is a bad > idea, I can't think of any good reason for it. You can tell at a glance > what is a bus and what is an individual net! > > It would be important that the distinction in function between net labels > be represented by some unmistakeable graphic difference. Ports satisfy > that.... adding yet another category would add a significant layer of > confusion to what can already be a bit of a stretch for the mind. > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
