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StefanSchippers / xschem

A schematic editor for VLSI/Asic/Analog custom designs, netlist backends for VHDL, Spice and Verilog. The tool is focused on hierarchy and parametric designs, to maximize circuit reuse.
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RFC: Different color for currents and voltages in back-annotation #207

Closed qpwo closed 2 weeks ago

qpwo commented 1 month ago

I think the annotations would be easier to read if the currents were in a different color. It can get crowded.

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StefanSchippers commented 2 weeks ago

This can now be done in two ways: 1) change the symbol and move the current / voltage text on a different layer 2) on a specific symbol instance add attribute text_layer_n = lay, where n is the text number in the symbol (first=0, second =1, and so on, you can see the text position in the symbol by clicking on it and pressing Shift-S), and lay is the layer the text should be displayed with. example: text_size_4=9 --> move the symbol fourth text item to layer 9

The second solution does not require to change the symbols library, but needs the above attribute on all instances where text must be rendered on a different layer.

StefanSchippers commented 2 weeks ago

I have modified the devices/ xschem base symbols to display current annotations (@spice_get_current) on layer 12 (blue) 1

qpwo commented 2 weeks ago

Awesome! Would've taken synopsys a decade

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