Sure, anything that does not require creating new power symbols manually is a great idea.
If I get it correctly, now we cannot simple change a power component value because there is always a hidden pin that has the same name as the component, and it cannot be changed from the schematics editor level. With the new file format we can quickly create a custom instance with the required value, but right now we need to store a new symbol in a library. On 08/02/2016 05:46 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > 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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