Does

xschem

always add

.GLOBAL VPWR

/

.GLOBAL VGND

? I was trying to define a symbol/module with

VPWR

/

VGND

pins that I could use to feed power to, but the generated

.spice

behave weirdly and looking into it it has those global definitions. If I remove them, then it behaves as expected.

@tnt The default

vdd

and

gnd

symbols have a

global=true

property. I copied these symbols to a local directory and removed the global property. That allowed me to use the symbols as local power and ground. You might want to modify it slightly (maybe color?) to differentiate.

Oh, I see ...

@tnt the gnd and vdd symbols create global nets, so you can place these anywhere in a hierarchy and a

.global

is added to the netlist. You can either use @Mitch Bailey suggestion or transform the

gnd.sym

instances in a circuit into

lab_pin.sym

. You can do this in one shot by selecting all

gnd.sym

symbols. Same thing for all

vdd.sym

symbols. See image.

Yup, I understand now. I'm going with @Mitch Bailey suggestion as I like the "look" of GND/VDD ...