On 1 August 2010 01:45, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/31/2010 03:42 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: >> Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >>> For eventual BOM generation, we may have to provide even more >>> flexibility, so this may not be the final behavior, but with this email >>> I am trying to get you the ability to generate these files here, nothing >>> more yet. >>> >> I think you are on the right track - might be that dealing with BOM may best >> be dealt as a plug-in? >> - kicad can serve up the basic data as XML and then any and all can write >> the ultimate BOM interface. >> > > Exactly and you can start some BOM experimentation work now. The only > thing missing of substance are the fields which will come out within the > <libpart>s. > > Just identify your plugin in the netlist export dialog, and its command > line arguments for now are > > "path/translator <exportedfile>.tmp <exportedfile>.net" > > i.e. it is given the two arguments and this command line is built up > from within eeschema based on the file selection dialog, whose root > filename is used to formulate <exportedfile> base filename. > > > > I think this will change though to give you more control. I will > probably code up some place holder arguments like this: > > "path/translator -xyzTranlatorFlags %I %O" > > Where %I, %O and perhaps others can mean distinct runtime substituted > arguments or filenames. > > > Please share your BOM goodnesses with others, although I think Brian > is doing the heavy work under the limelight. > > > Dick
Dick, Thanks for doing this work so quickly. I am starting work on this now and I will forward some first off scripts to the list at the weekend. Sorry for the slight delay, it is one of those weeks! Best Regards, Brian. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
