Re: gEDA-user: Newbie -- How to properly associate DNI or Do Not Populate to component

["Duncan Drennan" <duncan.drennan@xxxxxxxxx>]

> OTOH, if you're just looking for a "NO FIT" type instruction, where I
> _do_ want the footprint on the PCB board - just empty, I typically just
> add the attribute "value=NO FIT" to that component. The assembly house I
> use seem to understand what I mean, and didn't complain that it appeared
> in the XY file used for programing the pick'n'place machine.

Or you can just set "value=NO FIT" (or DNP, DNI, etc.) and delete the
relevant lines from the XY file by searching for that term....or write
a script which post-processes the XY file and removes the DNP lines.


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