Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread easyw
Hi Simon, there is already a nice way to call python scripts in kicad through Action Plugin (available on dev build) https://forum.kicad.info/t/howto-register-a-python-plugin-inside-pcbnew-tools-menu/5540 Improving python API would be just great! I am a Researcher working in the areas of IC D

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hello Simon, Welcome to the KiCad developer's mailing list. I apologize for not replying sooner but my real job got in the way. Thank you for you interest in contributing to KiCad and watching the FOSDEM video. It's nice to know the effort that goes into producing them is not wasted. Your propo

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Simon, footprint library components are not very problematic for me because there are already so many in the standard kicad lib. In that department I feel it would be great to just add aliases so that when some manufacturer decides that a diode SOD123 should be called XYZ I can just look for XYZ

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Simon Küppers
Hi Fabrizio, I spend long hours doing schematics at work and I love the idea of implementing python stuff that could make my life easier. Specifically I spend a long time in library component generation and I would love to do something about it. This could be done by creating new python (or non

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Oliver Walters
Having Python more accessible to core KiCAD functionality would be a very good improvement IMHO. Another example - python DRC scripts. Instead of hard-coding DRC checks, have a folder of DRC scripts that user can select / deselect. Or add extra scripts if they want them. On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Simon, welcome to the group! Reading your interesting email I decided to write to you. I am interested as well in the python functionality for the purpose of implementing killing functionalities. via-fence generator is certainly an interesting thing. I spend long hours doing schematics at work

[Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-01 Thread Simon Küppers
Hi everyone, Thanks Wayne for approving me to the developers mailing list. I am very new to KiCAD (only heard of it some time ago) and just stumbled upon a Youtube Video of 2017 FOSDEM (I believe?) where Wayne presented the current state of KiCAD. As a result I had to see for myself and I am qui