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[LordBlick <lordblick@xxxxxxxxx>]

In response to a message written on 24.07.2015, 17:40, from Nick Østergaard:
> Does the net list really require the footprints? Or is that when it tries to
> insert them?
If you mean of netlist file, definitely footprints were there from the beginning
of the world EDA/PCB. It's core information which element's pad belongs to.
On the other hand, is not very apt programming assumption that the
Internet/network connection and  is the primary function of the operating system
and all remote(local too) services are always present…
Ussually most of programmers schools tels that some smart timeout routine need
to be implemented and message displayed to user.
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Best Regards,
LordBlick