Rebased my branch (like I mentioned before, JP's usability concerns have been addressed for the moment by disabling immediate update until I can come up with a better long-term fix)
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 1:07 PM jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Le 30/03/2019 à 13:33, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : > > Jon, > > > > I wanted to test complex hierarchy bus net connections which I just > > haven't had time to look at. JP, did you check this during your > > testing? If so and you didn't find any issues, then I will merge this > > as soon as I get a chance. If not, then I would like to test this and > > make sure there are no issues before we merge it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Wayne > > > Yes I tested it with a few large projects an a large and complex (4 > sheets using the same file) hierarchy (but only one sample) > I already sent to Jon this test project (unfortunately not free). > > I did not see issues with the latest code. > > However I found a usability issue (noticeable with large projects): > I am guessing the netlist is updated after each schematic change. > On my computer (not a slow computer) for large designs this update after > each change takes 1 to 2 seconds on W7 32bits. > This is a bit annoying. > > But the actual issue is the fact there are too many useless updates, > especially before a symbol is actually added to the schematic: > When I tray to add a new symbol (from the Place symbol tool or from the > hotkey "C") it looks like there is an update when the symbol is loaded > (but not yet placed) and during placement each time the symbol is > modifed (rotated, mirrored, converted...). > > I also see this delay when entering or leaving a hierarchical sheet. > > For large designs, this could be blocking. > Perhaps the immediate update could be disabled (option?) for large designs. > > (Jon already knows that) > > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >
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