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On Sun, 2013-11-17 at 11:37 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I know that it is not possible to import a set of traces, vias or other
> > elements from a file into an existing PCB board.
> 
> File->Load layout data to paste buffer ?

Yes, it seems to work, at least for traces.

Unfortunately all loaded data is relative to pointer position, even when
command

LoadFrom(LayoutToBuffer, filename)

is used. So really exact positioning may be not possible -- I will
consider hacking PCB source code, maybe that is not too difficult.