> > I suppose it's something that receives a set of parameters and generates a > module/footprint or circuit?
spiral, on free board inductor generator I guess. > > > > I am not certain that Pcbnew can yet invoke a script, it may be that we > are still using > topmost script with the DLL/DSO underneath. But we need to get there > eventually in any > case. > > > Yes, we can do it already, at this moment, if you compile pcbnew with > scripting > capabilities, and put any of these > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-testing-committers/kicad/testing/files/head:/pcbnew/scripting/plugins/ > <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-testing-committers/kicad/testing/files/head:/pcbnew/scripting/plugins/> > > under ~/.kicad_plugins/ (which may change later as we discussed recently) > they will > get loaded and available to the user under the footprint-wizard. > > > > I like this spiral feature as a sample script when somebody can get to > it. I like it > better as a script than as C++ so it can be tuned and customized rapidly. > > > Yesterday I uploaded a capacitive slider generator, you give it a set of > parameters, and > you can watch the shape change in realtime, and, when you're comfortable with > the > results you can (not now..) save it to your current footprint library. Wow, this is becoming a reality. Nice work Miguel. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
