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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/2/2016 11:55 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> Sure, anything that does not require creating new power symbols manually
> is a great idea.
> 
> If I get it correctly, now we cannot simple change a power component
> value because there is always a hidden pin that has the same name as the
> component, and it cannot be changed from the schematics editor level.
> With the new file format we can quickly create a custom instance with
> the required value, but right now we need to store a new symbol in a
> library.

That is pretty much it the way I see it.  Once you can create an
instance of a symbol in the schematic, you can edit it in place without
having to worry about the library being available.

> 
> On 08/02/2016 05:46 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>> Or, how about a custom "component selector" that implements the "select
>> appropriate symbol based on net name, place it, rename it to the selected
>> net" workflow? It can sit under the P hotkey in place of the filtered
>> selection we have now.
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2016 11:43 AM, "Maciej Sumiński" <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/02/2016 05:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>>> Moving this to a new thread.
>>>>
>>>>> On 8/2/2016 7:16 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>>>>> My implementation had a large number of symbols, would have allowed
>>>>>> user-supplied arbitrary symbols if I had finished it, and automatically
>>>>>> selected a symbol based on net name _exactly_ as Clemens suggested. All
>>>>>> of these issues are solved.
>>>>>
>>>>> How difficult would it be to apply the same selection criteria for power
>>>>> symbols?  The more you explain what you have done with power label the
>>>>> more it seems like you could have done the same thing with power
>>>>> symbols.  This would save implementing a new object and the file
>>>>> formatting to support it.  Maybe I'm missing something here but I just
>>>>> don't see how a new label type that looks like a power symbol is
>>>>> different from a power symbol that already provides the same
>>> functionality.
>>>>
>>>> It provides the same functionality. I just think it's more consistent
>>>> from the user's perspective - see my comment earlier about them /being/
>>>> labels, functionally speaking - and not that much more trouble to
>>>> implement.
>>>
>>> Perhaps a reasonable compromise would be a tool that generates arbitrary
>>> power symbols that are stored in a project library (a la *rescue.lib)?
>>> Currently that is what user is expected to do when (s)he needs to place
>>> a new voltage source, though it is a bit tedious. I suppose it will be
>>> even easier and less hacky with the new file format, where one can store
>>> instances of modified symbols.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Orson
>>>
>>>
>>
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