Merge pull request #1480 from KLayout/issue-1307

Issue 1307

src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbDEFImporter.cc

@@ -1614,6 +1614,20 @@ DEFImporter::read_components (db::Layout &layout, std::list<std::pair<std::strin
         d = pt - m->second.bbox.transformed (ft).lower_left ();
         is_placed = true;
 
+      } else if (test ("UNPLACED")) {
+
+        //  invalid "UNPLACED", but yet it appears to be existing (#1307)
+        if (test ("(")) {
+
+          db::Point pt = get_point (scale);
+          test (")");
+
+          ft = get_orient (false /*mandatory*/);
+          d = pt - m->second.bbox.transformed (ft).lower_left ();
+          is_placed = true;
+
+        }
+
       } else if (test ("MASKSHIFT")) {
 
         maskshift = get ();

testdata/lefdef/mapfile/in.def

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ UNITS DISTANCE MICRONS 1000 ;
 DIEAREA ( 0 0 ) ( 1000 2000 ) ;
 
 COMPONENTS 3 ;
- - macro1 macro1 + PLACED ( 0 0 ) N ;
+ - macro1 macro1 + UNPLACED ( 0 0 ) N ;
 END COMPONENTS
 
 SPECIALNETS 1 ;