Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-15 Thread Clemens Koller
Hello, Thiadmer! On 2017-02-14 22:03, Thiadmer Riemersma wrote: > > Why not have one _database_ in between schematic and layout and > > manufacturing, assembly (and ERP and ...) and the tools just pick what they > > need? > > I agree that this is the better option. But it is also an ambitious

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-15 Thread Kaspar Emanuel
Looks very nice, I am also curious about what the cell colors indicate. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Thiadmer Riemersma
Hello Clemens, Why not have one _database_ in between schematic and layout and > manufacturing, assembly (and ERP and ...) and the tools just pick what they > need? I agree that this is the better option. But it is also an ambitious project. For example, for machine assembly, the global database

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Clemens Koller
Hi, Thiadmer! On 2017-02-14 12:21, Thiadmer Riemersma wrote: > And as others have already observed: a BOM tools sits in the middle of > workflow. I agree here! > The software to prepare our pick & place machine has a BOM editor. > Our ordering/inventory system has a BOM editor too. > So what I

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Tuesday 14 February 2017 11:47:52 Clemens Koller wrote: > Hello, Martin! > > Your work looks very promising. > I am running very similar stuff "manually" (by executing .sql scripts) > around my commercial tool. > > Is there an ODBC in between your frontend code and the Firebird database > you us

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Thiadmer Riemersma
Hello Oliver, One option that I would like is to have a column with package names, rather than (or in addition to) footprint names. So that Capacitor_SMD:0805_Handsoldering becomes simply 0805. That is easier for the stock management and ordering process. And as others have already observed: a BO

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Clemens Koller
Hello, Martin! Your work looks very promising. I am running very similar stuff "manually" (by executing .sql scripts) around my commercial tool. Is there an ODBC in between your frontend code and the Firebird database you use? I am asking because the data here sits in a MariaDB storage. Regard

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Strontium
Oliver, Thats does sound fantastic, and it should be incorporated into kicad, in my opinion, because its not just a BOM Tool, it would be component management with BOM export and is complimentary to external BOM tools not a replacement for them. Steven On 14/02/17 18:08, Oliver Walters wrot

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Oliver Walters
Steven, I am currently playing around with this idea, actually. I'm converting the layout from a wxGrid to wxDataViewCtrl which allows each "group" to be expanded (to show which components are contained therein) and many other advanced features. This may turn into more than just a BOM tool. On T

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-14 Thread Strontium
This looks really nice, this would be awesome if it allowed you to edit the BOM as well, for example, your line 3, change 0.1uf to 1uf and C1, C7, C8, C9, C10 and C16 all change their value in the schematic to match. Obviously there are things you wouldnt be able to edit, such as Reference and

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-13 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Tuesday 14 February 2017 07:20:23 Oliver Walters wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been working on a BOM exporter built into KiCad (in addition to the > external BOM script functionality that already exists). > > It's not ready yet to be merged but I am showing the progress here to get > any input and

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-13 Thread Nick Østergaard
Without having seen a patch, but I think you should replace the BOM csv exporter in pcbnew's fabrication outputs. What does the cell colors mean? I see empty cell for the datasheet, where one is red the rest of the empty ones are yellow'ish. Is this some of the group stuff? How does the group thi

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-13 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
That looks very nice. My personal preference for managing BOM would be to have an external stand-alone tool to manage everything so that changes can be made without being disruptive to kicad. Many users have created their own tools and each tool has its own following depending on how people like

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-13 Thread Marco Ciampa
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 05:20:23PM +1100, Oliver Walters wrote: > So, thoughts? One from a non-dev: very nice, very good work! -- Marco Ciampa I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. GNU/Linux User #78271 FSFE fellow #364 ___

[Kicad-developers] [RFC] BOM Editor

2017-02-13 Thread Oliver Walters
Hi all, I have been working on a BOM exporter built into KiCad (in addition to the external BOM script functionality that already exists). It's not ready yet to be merged but I am showing the progress here to get any input and in case anyone else is working on a similar feature. Here's a screens