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[André S. <list.dev.kicad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

currently I started a new project.
The project is quite complex with about 10 hierarchical sheets.
I wanted to develop the hierarchy first with which connection goes from 
what block, what is the best partitioning for the design, etc.

Today I placed in the parent schematic some hierarchical pins/labels on 
the sheets via the "place hierarchical pin in sheet" tool.(the one above 
"place graphic lines or polygons" tool).
The manual for Eeschema explicitly states on this tool (section 2.9):
/"Place hierarchical label in a subsheet symbol. This is placed by name 
and does not require the label to already exist in the subsheet itself."/

But how do I go from there?
It seems there is one missing feature "Import hiearchical pins into 
schematic".
What should it do?
Provide a way to look up what hierarchical pins are present on the 
connected sheet in the parent schematic for this schematic and import 
them into the actual schematic as hierarchical labels.

Was this ever present? Or why would the "place hierarchical pin in 
sheet" tool exist, when there is no way to work from there? The manual 
also gives no hint on this.

Because if there is a label in the actual schematic it gets to the sheet 
symbol by the "import sheet pins" command or alternatively by the "place 
hierarchical pin imported from the correspondig hierarchical label" tool.

The only way to work around this today is to manually place a label with 
the same name as the already placed "pin".

Any comments on this? Is this a planned feature? Is it an artifact from 
some old version?

Best Regards,
  André