Re: gEDA-user: Gschem: net names / symbols question

[Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know why people want to have a symbol designating a power
connection.  Just draw a net from the pin you wish to connect, then
name the whatever you want.  Use the attribute "netname" on the net.

Stuart


On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Richard Rasker wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm creating a schematic in which several voltages are used in multiple
> locations.
> To prevent the clutter of connecting everything, I decided to try using
> named nets, and used the generic-power.sym symbol as a default. These
> symbols have an attribute "net", and I assumed that symbols with
> identical net attributes would be considered as the same net.
> Alas, no matter what net name (e.g. +18V) I enter here, I get a large
> amount of error messages when running gsch2pcb. Obviously, I'm doing
> something basic wrong.
>
> I've searched Google, the gEDA and gschem Wiki's, but I can't find any
> explanation on how to use named nets and define visible symbols.
>
> So how do I define or use a symbol which says something along the lines
> of "+2.5V" in the schematic, and is connected to all other symbols with
> the same name? In the mailing lists I found something where the net name
> needed to be defined as name:pin -- but what to enter for pin?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Richard Rasker
>
>
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