Or, how about a custom "component selector" that implements the "select appropriate symbol based on net name, place it, rename it to the selected net" workflow? It can sit under the P hotkey in place of the filtered selection we have now.
On Aug 2, 2016 11:43 AM, "Maciej Sumiński" <maciej.sumin...@cern.ch> wrote: > On 08/02/2016 05:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > Moving this to a new thread. > > > >> On 8/2/2016 7:16 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > >>> My implementation had a large number of symbols, would have allowed > >>> user-supplied arbitrary symbols if I had finished it, and automatically > >>> selected a symbol based on net name _exactly_ as Clemens suggested. All > >>> of these issues are solved. > >> > >> How difficult would it be to apply the same selection criteria for power > >> symbols? The more you explain what you have done with power label the > >> more it seems like you could have done the same thing with power > >> symbols. This would save implementing a new object and the file > >> formatting to support it. Maybe I'm missing something here but I just > >> don't see how a new label type that looks like a power symbol is > >> different from a power symbol that already provides the same > functionality. > > > > It provides the same functionality. I just think it's more consistent > > from the user's perspective - see my comment earlier about them /being/ > > labels, functionally speaking - and not that much more trouble to > > implement. > > Perhaps a reasonable compromise would be a tool that generates arbitrary > power symbols that are stored in a project library (a la *rescue.lib)? > Currently that is what user is expected to do when (s)he needs to place > a new voltage source, though it is a bit tedious. I suppose it will be > even easier and less hacky with the new file format, where one can store > instances of modified symbols. > > Regards, > Orson > >
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