## export_pads

Type: netlist.

### netlist export

Exports in the PADS netlist format with the following characteristics:

- component name (refdes) is limited to 15 alphanumeric characters - the exporter warns for non-compilant names but writes them as-is anyway
- footprint is limited to 40 alphanumeric characters - the exporter warns for non-compilant names but writes them as-is anyway
- missing footprint attribute is replaced by "unknown_fp" and an error message is generated

#### Attribute usage

For components the following attributes are used to construct file-format specified fields:

- component's display/footprint (fallback: footprint attribute)
- ports's display/pinname (fallback: port's name)

No other/custom attributes exported.

#### Omit and DNP

The plugin will not export components and networks that have the display/omit attribute set.

The plugin will export objects that have the display/dnp attribute set. To get the DNP information passed on, use the export naming mechanism of a target plugin in the view.