Re: gEDA-user: PCB suggestion

["Daniel Nilsson" <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mario Klebsch (mario@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote*:
>
>Am 07.01.2005 um 04:56 schrieb harry eaton:
>> For what it's worth, I never liked the layer grouping concept but I've
>> preserved it for full backward compatibility for those who have used
>> it. It
>> was one of the few part of Thomas' original work that I didn't care
>> for.
>
>I am not sure, wether it reall ymust be layer groups or something els
>can do this job. What I really like is the ability to have some signals
>drawn using a different color. This is esecially usefull for Vcc and
>Gnd on two and one layer designs. These Signaly require speciial
>attention and I often have to identify them. In eagle I usually use
>"show Gnd" and "show Vcc" for this purpose.
>
>Instead of using layer groups for this purpose, I would like to see a
>feature to flag signals to be drawn using an alternative style.

I agree, this is typically supported in other layout applications by allowing to
highlight certain object (nets, components, etc) based on either picking the object
manually or supplying a pattern to match against reference designator or netnames.
This is a very useful feature for reviewing layouts when you want to highlight
sensitive signals for example, it's also used during to the you can easily see
what's what.

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Daniel Nilsson