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8On 08/02/2016 10:55 AM, Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Yes I want to do PCBs but I also want to design the ICs that populate those boards. I want to use my IC tools like verilog and
> spice to simulate the entire board. I want
> to design products with multiple boards and wire harnesses as well.

Right.  Printed electronics are more like chip design than board design,
but have elements of both, and it's coming right up next...

On 08/02/2016 03:01 PM, Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
 > When I descend down into a component instance then I want to see the schematic using all the elaborated values instead of the
 > attribute names.

Yes, that kind of thing is great for debugging and also keeping a ew design on track with high level stated goals...

On 08/02/2016 04:02 PM, John Doty wrote:
 > Cute, but how much time would this actually save? (I hate cute, time-wasting “features”)

This is turning into flames.  I'm out -- back to work.