I've been out the last week for a funeral, but I'm making progress on the kicad-w-scripting-daily PPA. Until then--
It really isn't hard to compile it yourself. The instructions here work pretty well ( http://www.wayneandlayne.com/blog/2010/12/03/how-to-build-kicad-on-ubuntu/) and you just change two things to get scripting support. Change the cmake line to: cmake ../ -DKICAD_TESTING_VERSION=ON \ -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON \ -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON \ -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG My current working list of dependencies for the Ubuntu package is basically equivalent to sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev cmake python-wxgtk2.8 swig bzr doxygen Adam Wolf Wayne and Layne, LLC On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Senthil Seveelavanan < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In the absence of known compiled 'Kicad with scripting', and current > project on the go I have dug into scripting/hacking the file directly. My > circuit has 50 identical modules within the pcb (but sharing common > components so I can't just design the circuit once make 50x). > > By parsing the new .kicad_pcb file directly I can successfully get/set > the position/rotation of any module (using its fp_text reference): > > (module LUXEON_REBEL_COOLPAD locked (layer Layer0) (tedit 515EAFE6) > (tstamp 512A9571) > (at 369.89766 234.99826) > (path /51225974/511E3F14/51192821) > (fp_text reference D7001 (at 7.112 4.699) (layer F.SilkS) > > > But scripting nets/tracks is driving me crazy!: > > (segment (start 122.9474 228.74) (end 122.795 228.8924) (width 0.2032) > (layer Layer0) (net 51)) > > My goal is to draw tracks in kicad for one of my 50 identical modules, and > then 'copy' the tracks. The would be done using the said script, which > would create new segments, and applying an offset for the x&y values. This > works to a point, > I can get/set the position of segment(track) and also changing its net > numer appropriately .. and it works SOMETIMES. > > From looking at the .kicad_pcb files generated when saving from pcb_new it > seems like there are added 'status' and/or 'tstamp' flags added at > different times for unknown reasons - I assume that it is these flags that > is causing the my segment/track hack to fail sometimes and work other > times. By fail, when the file is loaded there is just a blank screen. > > How can I make it work at all? If I delete all these (extra?) flags will > it work... help!! I have been trying this for couple of days now, making > different test files and comparing the differences etc, in order work out > why it works in some instance and fails in other, and why certain tags are > only applied to certain segments etc etc help help! > > Any help gratefully appreciated > > Senthil > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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