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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 04/12/17 18:50, kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>>
> Okay, My suggestions:
> 
> 1. Enable the spice simulator by default and start shipping it with
> windows nightlies. This way we will find much more bugs. Because I doubt
> everyone is running with the simulator on even on nightlies. Same goes
> for the OCE and step stuff. This I see as a must to get a smoother v5
> transition for most users, even those moving from v4 stable to v5 stable
> without ever trying nightlies.
> 
> 2. Parse the "value" field and reference in the simulator to get the
> basic primitives. like Resistor and Capactiors, inductors etc, based on
> the first Letter in the Reference. We already have name-dependent
> functions for the differential-pair so having this here, and
> 
> 3. Move the Spice_Netlist_Enabled field to a new right-side toggle menu
> to select between "Spice and PCB, Spice Only, PCB only", so one can
> specify if the item should be added to both the PCB and the Spice
> netlist, or only one of them, by default I guess both should be enabled.
> 
> 4. When the Spice_Model field is selected, the button "Edit Spice Model"
> should be shown under there, instead of always on the left side. Just to
> be more like the other fields.
> 
> 5. Add context-menu entries and toolbar buttons for the simulator
> interface.
> 
> This would make the simulator seem like its a part of kicad and not only
> a strange addon that is just hackishly attached to kicad with duct-tape.
> Dont get me wrong, Its an awesome feature, and works well it just looks
> like an outsider when using it currently.

Hey Kristoffer,

Would you be willing (if Wayne agrees - we're in feature freeze right
now) to code some of your suggestions?

Tom