On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 09:22:29PM +0300, Bogdan-Florin Florea wrote: > - I need to produce a black and white image from each layer and I can't > find an easy way to do it using the python bindings. Right now, I'm using > "gerbv" to produce the images from the gerber files (being able to plot the > gerber files from the script would also be great), but it only works on > Linux, since the Windows version of gerbv doesn't seem to accept command > line parameters.
That's strange, it should accept them... > - I need to include some extra information for each instance of the module, > in order to be able to specify the realistic 3D model (for example, a 0805 > capacitor has a different model than a 0805 resistor). Where should this > extra information be stored ? Maybe in the... model information?:D there is already space for the vrml model, you could establish a mapping from that. As an aside, I simply use different patterns for an R0805 and a C0805 (just *don't ask*, the flying probe machine requires them that way...) Also you could 'abuse' of the keyword line for other informations (you can fit *simple* name:value pair in it with some ingenuity). There is a not widely know fact in pcbnew: modules are not simply instances of library patterns, they are *fully copied* on insert (and retain only the library name for updating them). So, once you place a module even the library properties become module properties. /me doesn't get the need for that kind of eyecandy anyway:P a bounding box model for mechanical integration is all that's needed in 90% of the applications... -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
