# Starting a board layout from net/parts list

**URL:** <https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/starting-a-board-layout-from-net-parts-list/163>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/starting-a-board-layout-from-net-parts-list/163 "2019-12-05T19:32:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![WaltWilliams](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/librepcb.discourse.group/waltwilliams/32/117_2.png) [@WaltWilliams](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/WaltWilliams)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/starting-a-board-layout-from-net-parts-list/163/1 "2019-12-05T19:32:31Z")

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Greeting

I worked as a circuit board designer before college and would like to get back into it on a freelance basis. The last CAD system I used in the service bureau I worked at before college was Pads Perform. It provided the ability to start a design job from a parts-net list ascii file provided by the customer.

Does LibrePCB have the ability to start a circuit board layout project from a parts-net list?

Many thanks in advance  
Walt Williams

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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:** [December 6, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/starting-a-board-layout-from-net-parts-list/163/2 "2019-12-06T21:37:35Z")

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Hi Walt,

No, unfortunately LibrePCB does not have any net list import functionality. The only way is to draw the schematic from scratch…

Regards,  
Urban