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Hi JP charras,

Sorry for the confusion. We wanted netlist with net-numbers.


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:13 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 25/06/2014 00:37, Oscad Team a écrit :
> > Dear Kicad team,
> >
> > We have downloaded the kicad source code from
> > http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/Building+KiCad+on+Linux and
> > compiled it and it is working. We wanted the netlist to be generated
> > with net-names. But, in this particular version it is not generating the
> > spice netlist with net-numbers instead it is generating the spice
> > netlist with net-names. And also i can see here that, the option of
> > selecting netlist generation with net-names/net-numbers is not available
> > in this version which was present in the regular version of Kicad. Can
> > you please tell us how can we generate the netlist with net names.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> I do not understand what you really want.
>
> You are saying you want net names in netlist.
> And the netlist uses net names.
>
> Net numbers are a very old feature, not needed by spice simulators since
> at least 20 years, and this is the reason this feature was removed a
> long time ago.
>
> An other issue with net numbers is the fact they can change from a
> netlist generation to an other generation, without actual change in
> schematic.
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>