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[Bastian Neumannn <neumann.bastian@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

the big designs are mostly mainboards with on board CPU for networking and
communications. sometimes there are FPGAs there as well.
We use a software called Zuken for that.

I like the Symbols and net idea as well I will keep it in mind.

Cheers,
Basti


2017-09-07 11:59 GMT+02:00 Simon Küppers <simon.kueppers@xxxxxx>:

> I like the idea that you have posed. I guess this is meant for the
> eeschema rewrite that is scheduled in the future?
>
> Out of curiousity, what kind of monster designs are you doing that
> require 40 A3 sheets of paper? :-D motherboards? huge FPGA boards?
>
>
>
> Am 07.09.2017 um 11:29 schrieb Bastian Neumannn:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I ususlly work with schematics of around 5 to 15 pages. A3 sized that
> > is. Using A4 for schematics that easily bloats up to 30 pages.
> >
> > For those schematics I am not using KiCad since they are in a
> > professional environment.
> >
> > Given the situation that I am currently working on a big design in KiCad
> > that reaches up to 40 pages A3 it is a little bit cumbersome to keep
> > track of subsheets.
> >
> > I propose to add more functionality to the hirarchy browser.
> >
> > 1. Make the widget dockable so I can easily jump between subsheets
> > 2. Have empty sheets that do not have to be placed on the schematic for
> > stuff like:
> >   - Table of contents
> >   - Block diagramms
> >   - Change History & Reviews
> >   - Additional Information
> > 3. Have the ability to change the order of the sheets. Since I might add
> > one later on and don't want it to be at the end of the list
> >
> > Here is an inclomplete mock up of what a big schematic for a mainboard
> > could look like.
> > Inline-Bild 1
> >
> > I am looking for more ideas on what to change. I think some of the
> > changes will have a big impact so we better talk about a concept
> beforehand.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Basti
> >
> >
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