--- In [email protected], Dmitri Belimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello > > Our company try to use KiCAD for own small and medium designes at last year. > Our company design and production high speed, high resolution digital network > cameras (www.elphel.com) and this is open hardware. > > This is my opinion about features what needs for me: > > Eeshema/compounents > > 1. Can add/remove some fields to properties of symbol. For make description about > component replacement, market and etc. >
There are "fields" with which you can assign properties to components. You can change the field name from it's default value "Field1" etc, and assign a value. You can edit these values on specific instances of components in a schematic, or you can edit them in alibrary to get a default value. > 2. Export any fields to BOM list - value and name. Now I can`t export field sheet, and name of renamed fields. > Look in the files section of this group, I have written a program which export a BOM as a CSV for importing into spreadsheets, databases etc. It sorts and groups columns according to Field names rather than numbers, so it does not matter which order or subset of field names you use. This allows up to 8 fields from an infinite palette to be added to the standard fields of each component. > 3. Special mode for export, script readable output. With defined delimiter. See above! > > 4. Exec any external programm/script for other works with exported BOM list. > > This need for more simple make BOM list in HTML, XML, PDF format, for automatic calculation of budget, automatic make order > in the online store and other. I do this from OO after importing the CSV. > > Eeshema/Usability > > 1. Make possible swith to properties of other component from properties of current component. Combo list. For > make easily edit properties a lot of components. Checkbox for change focus in viewly area to editing component. > I build my own library as I go along, one symbol per component with all properties pre set. > 2. Define general value for width of some fields. > > All/Usability > > 1. Relative path for folders in working folder. Now KiCAD understand relative path, but when I add some libs it > remember absolute path. That is need for send full set of project to other place. > > 2. Remember last opened path. > > Pcbnew/General > > 1. Teardrop propertie for holes and vias contacts. > > Pcbnew/Usability > > 1. Swith Off all fields with non showed propertie. > I think you can do what you want, look at the colors menu on preferences, it allows you to "switch off" elements as well as change the color. > 2. Work only with selected layer. Don`t touch any other non showed and other layers. > > P.S. KiCAD is nice work! Thank you! > > With my best regards, Dmitry Belimov. > Elphel Inc. > http://www.elphel.com >
