# Netlist input to PCB editor?

**URL:** <https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/netlist-input-to-pcb-editor/713>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 23, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/netlist-input-to-pcb-editor/713 "2024-03-23T14:03:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![devbisme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/librepcb.discourse.group/devbisme/32/566_2.png) [@devbisme](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/devbisme)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/netlist-input-to-pcb-editor/713/1 "2024-03-23T14:03:48Z")

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Is it possible to generate a netlist from an external tool and then layout the circuit board using librepcb’s PCB editor?

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**Author:** ![ubruhin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c89c15/32.png) [@ubruhin](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/ubruhin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/netlist-input-to-pcb-editor/713/2 "2024-03-23T15:27:12Z")

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Hi,  
no this is not supported, sorry. I think it is also nothing we will ever implement since the internal data structure of LibrePCB needs much more information than what a netlist contains so it’s basically impossible to create a board just from a plain netlist.

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**Author:** ![devbisme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/librepcb.discourse.group/devbisme/32/566_2.png) [@devbisme](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/devbisme)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/netlist-input-to-pcb-editor/713/3 "2024-03-23T15:32:46Z")

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OK, coming from you would make this a definitive answer. Thanks for that!