On 9/1/2011 1:28 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > Proposal: > > Are you ok with licensing this work under GPL? If so, can we check these > into a > contrib directory or something, as part of the tree, along with a readme.txt > or > readme.html file? > > (Although I think that posting which talks about the %B etc, is close to what > might be good enough.) > > If OK, let us know. You can always change them later, as can anyone. > > I'm not saying that they'd get installed as part of Kicad, but they should be > in > the tree for someone to learn from and modify. And then if enough folks want > them in the install, that seems easy enough in the future. > > Any one object?
Sounds reasonable to me. Wayne > > I'd like to see a growing body of work evolve out of the xml based generic > netlist export file. I have a Java based BOM generator now, that I would > ditch > in favor of a python version if it did what I want. So I see perhaps several > alternative implementations evolve from yours in here. > > Dick > > > > > > On 08/31/2011 05:11 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> On 31 August 2011 22:42, Dick Hollenbeck <d...@softplc.com> wrote: >>>> Your best bet is to take a look at the generic netlist export, which is in >>>> XML. >>>> That format we hope to preserve, while the world around it might morph, >>>> for good >>>> cause. >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net/msg00531.html >>> >>> >>> Brian, where did we ever put your python generic netlist post-processor? >>> >>> I could not find that on the mailing list. >>> >>> Dick >> Hi Dick, >> >> I just had a look on that mailing list archive, but it is messed up. >> That was the right thread, but that mail archive does not match the >> mail archive I have on my machine! >> >> Anyway, I have re-attached the last python BOM scripts I did, and >> below is a copy of the email: >> >> It should be noted, as I've just looked that these are not Python 3.x >> compatible due to the print statements. Print in 3.x is now a >> function. >> >> ---------------------------- >> Hi Guys, >> >> I have attached a first effort for some python scripts. Still some >> work to do, but there are some example BOM generators which create >> list, csv and html versions of a BOM. >> >> The code should work with anything above python 2.3 (including 3.x) so >> we shouldn't have any issues with python versions. The main stumbling >> block appears to be string formatting. The % method is soon to be >> deprecated in the 3.x series of python. V2.7 is apparently going to be >> the last version in the 2.x series. Development will now only >> concentrate on the 3.x series. >> >> The reader I implemented creates a complete netlist tree in RAM, so >> everything is available to do with what you want. >> >> The examples start easy, and get more complex: >> >> bom_example1.py - Create a simple list, one component per line, tab >> delimited (similar to kicad original BOM output) >> bom_example2.py - As above, but CSV output, suitable for open office >> or excel, etc. >> bom_example3.py - As (2), but with components grouped by matching >> values + library parts >> bom_example4.py - As (3), but HTML format instead >> bom_example5.py - Demonstration of a more sophisticated method of >> output formatting and grouping technique >> >> There is definitely some more testing to do, and probably some more >> tidying up and what not, but attached is where it's currently at. >> >> All comments and suggestions welcome as always. >> >> I have been using the following plugin command: python >> /path/to/example/script.py %I example.lst, csv, htm, etc. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Brian. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
