hi, @User

@name

is replaced with the '`name=xxx`' attribute, this is the instance name. Example the

@name

for a MOS symbol could be replaced in netlist with

M2

if the instance attributes define '`name=M2'`.

@model

is also replaced with the value of the attribute given to the instance placement. Xschem does not recognize

@model

as anything special, it is just an attribute to be substituted, of course in this context it is used as the spice model name. The

@symname

is a predefined attribute (you normally don't assign a value to symname at instance), it expands to the name of the symbol, for example,

@symname

for '`nmos.sym`' will be substituted with

nmos

. The various attributes for symbols are documented here.