Arguments:
Start | Indicates the start of an subcircuit list; call this before any
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Need | Searches the board for an subcircuit with a matching refdes. If found, the value and footprint are updated. If not found, a new subcircuit is created with the given footprint and value. |
Done | Compares the list of subcircuits needed since the most recent
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Placement of new subcircuits depends on conf node import/footprint_placement/method, which is a string containing a one word instruction that is one of:
disperse | place all new subcircuits at randomized coordinates around location, within a distance configured in import/footprint_placement/disperse |
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frame | place all new subcircuits close outside of the drawing area, "framing" the design |
Location is a string instruction specified by import/footprint_placement/location, the value is one of:
(empty, no value) | place around the coordinates specified in coords import/footprint_placement/x and import/footprint_placement/y |
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center | place around the center of the drawing area |
mark | place around the mark (or center of the drawing area if no mark present at the moment of import) |
Removal of excess subcircuits (the ones present on the board but not in the new netlist) depends on conf node import/footprint_removalt/method, which is a string containing a one word instruction that is one of:
select (or empty) | select excess subcircuits (an {s r} after the import removes them) |
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remove | automatically remove excess subcircuits |
list | no change on excess subcircuit data on the board, but open a view list dialog enumerating them |
Note: subcircuits with the nonetlist flag set or empty/missing refdes will not be taken as excess even if they are not present on the netlist.