gEDA-user: Subnets

[Rick Collins <gnuarm.2006@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't see anything in your post that actually 
addresses a need for subnets.  Or maybe I don't 
understand what a subnet is.  From the context 
used I figured it meant a portion of a net which 
had special attributes separate from the rest of 
the net.  If you simply are talking about adding 
layout attributes to a schematic, well sure, that's not a bad idea.

BTW, I still can't read your posts, they are all 
run together.  I could read this one because I 
knew which part I wrote and which part you replied.

Rick


At 01:42 PM 8/15/2010, you wrote:
> Rick Collins wrote: > How would you make use of 
> "subnets" that would be useful that you > can't 
> do with just nets? Of course you can do 
> everything manually in the layout app. Just like 
> you can do any layout without a schematic in the 
> first place. But the schematic serves as a 
> convenient way to memorize all the necessary 
> connections. For more than a dozen parts the 
> convenience becomes a necessity. Same with net 
> attributes. It is easy and intuitive to assign 
> different rules in the schematic. The layout 
> tool will automatically read from the netlist 
> which net should be made fat to accommodate high 
> current. Other may need extra spacing because of 
> high voltage. This relieve the brain during 
> manual routing. DRC will tell you when you err. 
> An autorouter might also benefit if it knows 
> about different minimum rules for different 
> nets. IMHO, this feature would be a great leap 
> forward. ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak 
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