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From: geda AT psjt DOT org (Stephan =?utf-8?Q?B=C3=B6ttcher?=)
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] A new PCB file format
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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:15:44 +0100
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	7 Jan 2016 11:35:08 -0500")
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"Dan McMahill (dan AT mcmahill DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> writes:

> One barrier is the one of nets.  gschem unfortunately does not know
> about connectivity (or didn't last I checked).  That makes it harder
> to select a net on the schematic and try to then select that rats in a
> pcb layout, plot the simulated voltage on that node, or other things
> of this nature.  This is a failure in the data model used by gschem.
> Good data model is important.  More so than the file format used to
> represent the data.

Select a netname= attribute, a net segment with such an attribute, or a
component with exactly one net= attribute, what is the problem?

-- 
Stephan