Hello, Wayne! Below, I added some very visionary features which I have seen (more or less miserably implemented) in some big design tools, which could affect the file formats in the long-term view as well. I am not sure if it's too early to think about that stuff now. Please decide.
On 2016-08-02 15:14, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > So far here is the list of new file format features I am planning to > implement: > > - Pin and gate swapping and mapping (defined). > - Differential pair definition (undefined). + Match Length definitions including min/max/tolerance > - Net class definitions. (undefined other than what we have in the board > file format) > - Font definition for text objects (defined). > - Custom colors for all drawing objects (undefined but trivial). > - Embedded and linked symbols (undefined but I've already have a > definition in mind). > - Custom properties for objects (defined, same as board file format). > - Support for more than 2 body styles (defined). > - Symbol types: normal, power, virtual (in BOM not in netlist), and > net-tie (defined except for additional net-tie requirements). > - Per file symbol library design (defined like the pretty footprint > libraries). > - Custom pads (undefined). > > Here is the list of possible features that I haven't made up my mind > about yet: > > - Custom file units. > - Layers. + Design partitions Useful in the far future for Multi-Board Designs. (Which is more than one PCB connected by a connector or a flex-print) There might be nets which are global across all boards (i.e.GND) as well as nets which have the same name but are local to one Partition (PCB) (i.e. +3.3V from separate PoL-Supplies). Maybe: + Support for schematic versioning / timestamping / diff- and git-friendly I want to see (ideally in a graphical representation), what's the difference of two schematics on logic/netlist level as well as visually re-arranged circuits. I believe that this could also affect the file format - or - some hints stored in the file could make it much more easy to visualize differences. Regards, Clemens _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
