I'm pretty sure I've commented on this before but I'll weigh in again. My goal is to create a configurable plot manager for pcbnew (and eventually eeschema) that meets the following criteria:
* Plot any combination of available plot outputs. * Configurable per plot type file extensions and/or file name suffixes (maybe prefixes as well). * Configurable per plot type paths. * Plot configuration would be some type of plain text config file that would be portable between projects. * Some type of default template system similar to the default kicad.pro. * Possibly callable from the command line `pcbnew --plot /project.pro`. It would be easy enough to zip some or all of these files as part of the configuration. When I would actually have time to work on such a feature is anybody's guess. I would rather we not implement parts of this in an adhoc manner that requires a bunch of refactoring when we get time to implement it properly. Wayne On 7/31/2018 12:25 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > It would be nice if this were more formally supported instead of just > being a thing that people figure out how to do :) Python scripting is > certainly one way. > Altium has this capability -- they don't use a real script like Python, > but more of a configuration file. > But the key point is that it is often different for each project, so you > want a nice way to take each script and customize it for the given PCB > project, and then check it in with version control alongside the other > design files. > For example, you might have a "standard" output generation script, but > then for a certain design you tweak it to turn off certain layers or to > name the files a certain way. > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:23 PM Adam Wolf > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > I actually worked with the OSHPark folks to do this for KiCad back in > the V4 days so they could accept .kicad_pcb files. > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 11:20 AM jp charras <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Le 31/07/2018 à 16:52, Jon Evans a écrit : > > > It would be nice to have a fully-scriptable "output job" system > so that you can save all the Gerber > > > generation settings, all the drill generation settings, etc > together, and set up a workflow of > > > generating files, naming them a certain way, packaging them in a > ZIP, etc. > > > > It could be made by a Python script. > > Attached a basic python script to create gerber and drill files > from a board file. > > > > Some latest options (creating a job file or a drill file in gerber > format) are not available for > > python scripts, but it should be easy (famous words) to add them > to the Python scripting stuff. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 10:24 AM Ben Hest <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > I'd give that a thumbs up from as a single user's opinion. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:58 AM Adam Wolf > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > 100% percent of the time when I make drill files, I also > want to make > > > gerbers, and I want a zip file for uploading as well. > > > > > > Is there any interest in adding some way to do this > automatically? It > > > may be a little tricky since drills and Gerbers are two > different > > > windows, but if this is considered a bad idea I will > just stop > > > thinking about it now. > > > > > > Adam > > > > -- > > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
