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To Change the Reference Designator String for Import
Use an entry such as the following in the ecad_hint.map file if a reference designator contains illegal characters. You can replace the reference designator with another string for import.
reference_designator->

ECAD_REF_DESIG "R/1"
MCAD_REF_DESIG "R1"
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