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On Oct 26, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Girvin Herr wrote: > I have seen this done on production schematics. However, I am not sure they were "intelligent", just documentation. > Does this separate symbol method replace the net=GND:n and net=+5V:n etc. symbol attributes or are they still needed in the symbol? Do it one way or the other, not both. > The two methods sound redundant. Using the symbol attributes "hardwires" the net name, but the separate power and ground symbols allow netnames other than what otherwise would be specified in the symbol. I like that versatility. Yes. I believe Kai-Martin Knaack has created the most comprehensive set of symbols for this purpose. See: http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/ A good example of a slotted symbol/power symbol pair is: http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/symbols/analog/opamp_dual.sym http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/symbols/analog/opamp_dual_pwr.sym John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ jpd AT noqsi DOT com
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