Re: [Kicad-developers] New superior BOM generator: bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py

2013-09-02 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 1 September 2013 19:30, Dick Hollenbeck d...@softplc.com wrote: To maintain referential integrity in the netlist XML file, in the face of ALIASES, I had to export the alias names as elements of the libparts that used them. This was done in commit 4306, testing. If you try and use this

[Kicad-developers] New superior BOM generator: bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py

2013-09-01 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
KiCad Users, Standing on the shoulders of Brian, I was able to enhance the script * bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py * This script is now the best BOM generator for KiCad that I am aware of, surpassing the XSLT technology which held that position (in my view) only yesterday. Here are some of

Re: [Kicad-developers] New superior BOM generator: bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py

2013-09-01 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
To maintain referential integrity in the netlist XML file, in the face of ALIASES, I had to export the alias names as elements of the libparts that used them. This was done in commit 4306, testing. If you try and use this script with older netlists, than that which is produced with version