Yes, that's got me sorted, thanks very much. The pointer to cross_probing.cpp was exactly what I needed.
On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 at 19:28 Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom, > > Did answering your question resolve the questions you asked below? I > apologize for being brief but I'm really busy trying to get a new stable > release of KiCad out so please be patient. > > Wayne > > On 2/4/2018 11:48 AM, Tom Cook wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm developing a small Python application for tracking component > > inventory & to help when assembling boards. I'd like to be able to > > display a portion of the board layout with a particular component > > centred. This could either be in my application window or in a separate > > window, I'm not too worried which. The display doesn't necessarily need > > to be interactive, though the ability to pan & zoom would be nice to > have. > > > > What's the most straightforward way to do this in pcbnew currently? > > > > I can see three possibilities: > > > > 1. I think it's possible to launch pcbnew as a separate process and > > send it messages to focus a particular component through KiWay. Could > > someone confirm that this is possible in a separate process and perhaps > > point me towards some documentation or example code for how to do this > > in python. > > > > 2. I think it's possible for a python process to be the 'top' for > > pcbnew - so I should be able to load pcbnew in my python process and > > display the UI and send it in-process KiWay messages. Could someone > > confirm that this is possible and again perhaps point me towards > > documentation or examples? > > > > 3. I'm not sure if it's possible to load a board using the python > > pcbnew.LoadBoard() and then render a portion of it in-memory, which I > > could then display in my application. Is this possible? > > > > Thanks for any help, > > Tom Cook > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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