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`${REFERENCE}` is not evaluated in footprint text/silkscreen elements
See kicanvas view at https://kicanvas.org/?github=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fkimballa%2Fvoltage-ref-cal%2Fblob%2Fmain%2Fvoltage%2520ref%2520calibration%2520tool.kicad_pcb
KiCanvas screenshot:
KiCAD 8.0.2 screenshot:
Test point footprints display their refdes on both the F.silks and B.silks layers; one of these is the canonical refdes component of the footprint; the other is a text property whose text is ${REFERENCE}
and evaluates to the former. (By making this a property, and not a literal text object, it can be dragged around on the pcb rather than bolted in place relative to other footprint elements.)
I expect ${REFERENCE}
to be substituted with TP12
or similar; instead it is shown verbatim in the viewer.
(Looking more closely, it appears that all references in the footprints -- e.g. the SMD resistors -- are replaced with the string ${REFERENCE}
, not just "extra" reference labels.)