KjellMorgenstern
commented
8 months ago There are several conditions needed for this.
- obviously, the list loading, but that is just the tip of the iceberg
- Right now, a connection is deleted if is not routed in at least one of the views Breadboard, Schematic, PCB. So we would need netlists as an additional internal representation. That affects a lot of places in the code.
- After we have 2., a netlist view and editor would again be not much effort.
Fritzing already has a ratsnest, dotted lines that indicate unrouted connections. So, if you created a sketch only using one of the views, for example the breadboard, you get an unrouted schematic and pcb. @Kreijstal Would loading a sketch that only has connections routed in one of the views work for you? The other views can then be used as the puzzle / template.
In general I think it would make sense to add another representation, like a Netlist view. Right now we can only export netlists in various formats, but we can not read or even edit them, like naming subnets. A similar feature exists in other tools, for example https://forum.kicad.info/t/net-editor-tool-or-plugin/36261
A netlist loader/editor would also help with automated testing and other sorts of scripting. We have requests from visually impaired users to load a netlist, it would allow a bigger part of the work done without vision.
Kreijstal
failiz
Problem
So you can have a starting template or puzzle to know what to do
Proposed Solution
I know that a netlist wont automatically give you positions but what I mean is, the pieces of the netlist will constrain your movement, so you be forced to do anything as long as that netlist still holds, like a constrainer, and pieces are connected automatically, yes at first everything will be scrambled, messy, but the user will be able to prettify it, is that possible?