Hello Daniel,
Is there a way to hide an element from a netlist? Specifically, I'm
creating a pcb netlist with an address and data bus. Each net lists all
of the tap elements for the entire bus as below:
a2data(0) J_7-42 J_6-42 J_5-42 J_4-42 J_3-42 J_2-42 J_1-42 \
...
I'm not sure how tricky this is because the tap elements are essential
in determining the connectivity of the nets.
For other netlist formats like SPICE, you could just remove the
"spice:" info label from the symbol and it would no longer be a
netlist element. But PCB netlists are output by net, not by instance,
so I'm not sure that method works.
There is also a checkbox for "netlistable instance" under the Netlist
menu. This strikes me as more likely to work for PCB netlists, but
you'd have to try it.
Another small detail I noticed: the bus numbering in the netlist still
starts from 0 and increases even though I labeled my bus
a2data(7:0). The connectivity is correct, though it may be confusing
when laying out the pcb.
I haven't worked on the bus handling code for ages. You'd need to
supply an example schematic and tell me how you expect it to look in
the netlist output so I can figure out how the underlying issue should
be approached.
Regards,
Tim
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