[Xcircuit-dev] netlist to pcb layout flow

[Eric Y. Chang]

Hi.  I saw an e-mail in the archive dated around 10/2001 discussing the
netlist to pcb layout flow.  It discussed pin numbering/naming, and some
hacks that are required.  I am trying to work through the tutorial for
xcircuit with the bridge rectifier.  Recall that the bridge rectifier
exercise defines a new user library element for the four diode
structure.  In the netlist, it looks like the top level instance name
followed by a slash, then the diode name, then a dash and a pin number.
For pcb, it would be most appropriate to construct an element which
represents a bridge rectifier that one could buy at an electronics
store (i.e. a square with 4 leads and a hole in the middle, maybe).
If one does this, however, it would seem that its single instance
should have a unique name (assigned in pcb) rather than the multitude
of names in the input netlist (from xcircuit).  Of course, one could
always hand edit the .pcb input netlist, but is there a more elegant
way to do this?  Or is there something that I'm not seeing?

I was wondering if there is a tutorial or "HOW-TO" for xcircuit-pcb
integration.  I searched google and did not find much of anything,
but there was that suggestive and helpful e-mail in the archive.
Anything else?

Thanks,
Eric

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