converting pins to vias

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hello 
 
 i have completed a design with a symbol that has pins. 
 
 our customer is now asking me to change the pins that are attached to the symbol to vias which are independent from the symbol. 
 
 i have 30k pins on the symbol so i would like to find some easy way to do this.

regards 
 masa

masamasa · Accepted Answer

thank u for ur response. 
 
 removing pins from a symbol is no problem. 
 
 the problem is to place vias at the same locations wherre the pins were. 
 
 i found a way to do this. 
 
 1. export a pin layer as a dxf file 
 2. import it back to the design 
 3. convert lins to shapes and shapes to vias. 
 
 regards 
 masa

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