> > I understand your frustration but I'm currently working on the new file > format so I am not interested in adding a new feature to the current > schematic file format. This feature is already rolled into the new > schematic file format. I should have most of this work complete by the > end of the year so it makes no sense to divert resources from the new > file format development to test and maintain the proposed changes to the > current file format. The current file format is frozen permanently so > that we can focus on the new format. > > Wayne, thanks for your prompt feedback on this. Can I ask, does the new format support simple "DNF" marking or full variant support?
Nobody in this thread has yet mentioned KiBoM, which has this > kind of capability. It has its quirks, to be sure, but I would > recommend investigating it first, before starting to write something new. > > I actually wrote that tool (many moons ago) to fill the gaps of KiCad assembly management. I would love to see some if its features integrated into KiCad directly. On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:47 PM Oliver Walters < oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Almost a year ago now I suggested a feature addition, allowing for marking > parts in the schematic as "DO NOT FIT" > > https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg38415.html > > I had made a lot of progress towards feature completion, however was told > at the time that such a feature would not be accepted. > > A year later, and after a lot of frustration of sending the wrong files > out for manufacturer due to confusion about which parts are fitted, I'd > like to raise the issue again. > > Currently parts are marked as "DNF" by setting a special field in the BOM > and checking for this with a special export script. > > However, I feel (and I'm sure many would agree) that this information > should be integral to the schematic representation itself. Some other EDA > packages achieve this quite well. > > I presented a way to achieve this without breaking backwards compatibility > with the file format. > > If the "new" file format is still far in the future, can this feature be > considered again? > > Cheers, > Oliver >
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