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From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] empty attributes
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2021, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> In a hierarchical design, where the top source symbols are like 
> "power.sch", "system.sch" (for the mcu), "dac.sch", etc. it would be 
> convenient to have a empty refdes in thoose top level source symbols to 
> not to get a overly long final refdes for footprints.

Have you considered turning refdes= mangling off?

Alternatively, you could use multiple top-level schematics:
   http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:hierarchy