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<h1 class="western"><a name="__RefHeading__2925_482973253"></a>1 - |
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Full documentation:</h1> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">The |
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</span><i><b>Eeschema documentation</b></i> <span style="font-weight: normal">describes |
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this </span><b>intermediate netlist and gives examples<br></b><span style="font-weight: normal">See </span> |
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<i><b>http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/stable/en/eeschema.html#creating-customized-netlists-and-bom-files</b></i></font></font></p> |
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<h1 class="western"><i>2 - </i>The intermediate Netlist File</h1> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">BOM |
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files (and netlist files) can be created from an Intermediate netlist |
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file created by Eeschema.</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">This |
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file uses XML syntax and is called the intermediate netlist. The |
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intermediate netlist includes a large amount of data about your board |
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and because of this, it can be used with post-processing to create a |
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BOM or other reports.</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Depending |
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on the output (BOM or netlist), different subsets of the complete |
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Intermediate Netlist file will be used in the post-processing.</font></font></p> |
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<h1 class="western">3 - Conversion to a new format</h1> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">By |
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applying a post-processing filter to the Intermediate netlist file |
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you can generate foreign netlist files as well as BOM files. Because |
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this conversion is a text to text transformation.</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">this |
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post-processing filter can be written using <b>Python</b>, <b>XSLT</b>, |
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or any other tool capable of taking XML as input.</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">XSLT |
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itself is a XML language very suitable for XML transformations. There |
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is a free program called </span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal">xsltproc</span></i><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">that |
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you can download and install. The</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">xsltproc |
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program can be used to read the Intermediate XML netlist input file, |
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apply</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> </span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">a |
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style-sheet to transform the input, and save the results in an output |
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file. Use of xsltproc requires a style-sheet file using XSLT |
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conventions. The full conversion process is handled</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">by |
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Eeschema, after it is configured once to run xsltproc in a specific |
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way.</span></span></span></font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 0; orphans: 0"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">A |
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Python script is somewhat more easy to create.</font></font></p> |
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<h1 class="western">4 - Initialization of the dialog window</h1> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">You |
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should add a new pluging (a script) in plugin list by clicking on the |
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Add Plugin button.</font></font></p> |
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<h2 class="western">4.1 - Plugin Configuration Parameters</h2> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The |
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Eeschema plug-in configuration dialog requires the following |
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information:</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The |
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title: for instance, the name of the netlist format.</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The |
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command line to launch the converter (usually a script).</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b><i>Note (Windows only):</i></b></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>By default, command line runs with hidden console window and output is redirected to "Plugin info" field. To show the window of the running command, set the checkbox "Show console window".</i></font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Once |
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you click on the generate button the following will happen:</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Eeschema |
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creates an intermediate netlist file *.xml, for instance <i>test.xml.</i></font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Eeschema |
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runs the script from the command line to create the final output |
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file.</font></font></p> |
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<h2 class="western">4.2 - Generate netlist files with the command |
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line</h2> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Assuming |
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we are using the program <i>xsltproc.exe</i><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">to |
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apply the sheet style to the intermediate file, </span></span><i>xsltproc.exe</i><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">is |
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executed with the following command.</span></span></font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">xsltproc.exe |
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-o < output filename > < style-sheet filename > < |
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input XML file to convert ></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On |
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Windows the command line is the following.<br><i>f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe |
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-o “%O” f:/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter.xsl “%I”</i></font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On |
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Linux the command becomes as following.<br><i>xsltproc -o “%O” |
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/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter .xsl “%I”<br>w</i><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">here |
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</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">myconverter</span></i></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal">.xsl</span></i><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">is |
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the style-sheet that you are applying.</span></span></span></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Do |
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not forget the double quotes</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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the file names, this allows them to have spaces after the |
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substitution by Eeschema.</span></span></span></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">If |
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a Python script is used, the command line is something like |
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(depending on the Python script):</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>python</i> |
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<i>f:/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter.py</i> |
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“<i>%I”“%O”<br>or<br>python</i> |
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<i>/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter .xsl “%I” |
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“%O” </i></font></font> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The |
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command line format accepts parameters for filenames:</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The |
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supported formatting parameters are.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%B</b> |
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=> base filename of selected output file, minus path and extension.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%P</b> |
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=> project directory, without name and without trailing '/'.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%I |
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(the intermediate net file).</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%O</b> |
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chosen output file.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%I</b> |
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will be replaced by the actual intermediate file name<span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">(usually |
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the full root sheet filename with extension “.xml”)</span></span></span><br><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>%O</b></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">will |
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be replaced by the actual output file name (the full root sheet |
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filename minus extension).<br></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>%B</b></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">will |
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be replaced by the actual output short file name</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">(the |
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short root sheet filename minus extension).<br></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>%P</b></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">will |
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be replaced by the actual current project path.</span></span></span></font></font></p> |
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<h3 class="western">4.3.1 - Remark:</h3> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Most |
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of time, the created file must have an extension, depending on its |
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type.<br>Therefore you have to add to the option <i><b>%O</b></i> the |
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right file extension.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">For |
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instance:</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>%O.csv</b></i> |
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to create a .csv file (comma separated value file).</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>%O.html</b></i> |
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to create a .html file.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>%O.bom</b></i> |
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to create a .bom file.</font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">The |
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command line format for xsltproc is the following:<br>< path of |
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</span></span>xsltproc > <span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">xsltproc |
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< </span></span>xsltproc parameters ></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On |
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Windows:<br><i><b>f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe -o “%O.bom</b></i>” |
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<i><b>f:/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl “%I”</b></i></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On |
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Linux:<br><i><b>xsltproc -o “%O.bom</b></i>” |
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<i><b>/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl “%I”</b></i></font></font></p> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">The |
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above examples assume</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">xsltproc |
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is installed on your PC under Windows xsl</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">exe</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">files |
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located in kicad/bin</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><i><b>plugins/</b></i></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">.</span></span></span></font></font></p> |
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<h3 class="western">4.3.3 <i>Example fo</i><span style="font-variant: normal"><i>r |
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python scripts:</i></span></h3> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The |
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command line format for python is something like:<br><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">python</span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> |
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">< |
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script file name </span></span>> < input filename > < |
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output filename ></font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On |
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Windows:<br><i><b>python.exe f:/kicad/bin/plugins |
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/bom-in-python/my_python_script.py</b></i> “<i><b>%I” |
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“%O.html</b></i>”</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On |
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Linux:<br><i><b>python</b></i> <i><b>/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins |
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/bom-in-python/my_python_script.py</b></i> “<i><b>%I” |
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“%O.csv</b></i>”</font></font></p> |
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto"> |
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Assuming |
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python is installed on your PC, and python scripts are located in |
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<i><b>kicad/bin/plugins /bom-in-python/</b></i>.</font></font></p> |
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<br/> |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</html> |
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# 1 - Full documentation |
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The Eeschema documentation (*eeschema.html*) describes this intermediate netlist and gives examples(chapter ***creating customized netlists and bom files***). |
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# 2 - The intermediate Netlist File |
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BOM files (and netlist files) can be created from an *Intermediate netlist file* created by Eeschema. |
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This file uses XML syntax and is called the intermediate netlist. The intermediate netlist includes a large amount of data about your board and because of this, it can be used with post-processing to create a BOM or other reports. |
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Depending on the output (BOM or netlist), different subsets of the complete Intermediate Netlist file will be used in the post-processing. |
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# 3 - Conversion to a new format |
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By applying a post-processing filter to the Intermediate netlist file you can generate foreign netlist files as well as BOM files. Because this conversion is a text to text transformation, this post-processing filter can be written using *Python*, *XSLT*, or any other tool capable of taking XML as input. |
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XSLT itself is a XML language suitable for XML transformations. There is a free program called `xsltproc` that you can download and install. The `xsltproc` program can be used to read the Intermediate XML netlist input file, apply a style-sheet to transform the input, and save the results in an output file. Use of `xsltproc` requires a style-sheet file using XSLT conventions. The full conversion process is handled by Eeschema, after it is configured once to run `xsltproc` in a specific way. |
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A Python script is somewhat more easy to create. |
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# 4 - Initialization of the dialog window |
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You should add a new plugin (a script) in the plugin list by clicking on the Add Plugin button. |
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## 4.1 - Plugin Configuration Parameters |
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The Eeschema plug-in configuration dialog requires the following information: |
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* The title: for instance, the name of the netlist format. |
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* The command line to launch the converter (usually a script). |
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***Note (Windows only):*** |
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*By default, the command line runs with hidden console window and output is redirected to "Plugin info" field. To show the window of the running command, set the checkbox "Show console window".* |
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Once you click on the generate button the following will happen: |
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1. Eeschema creates an intermediate netlist file \*.xml, for instance `test.xml`. |
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2. Eeschema runs the script from the command line to create the final output file. |
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## 4.2 - Generate netlist files with the command line |
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Assuming we are using the program `xsltproc.exe` to apply the sheet style to the intermediate file, `xsltproc.exe` is executed with the following command. |
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``` |
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xsltproc.exe -o <output filename> <style-sheet filename> <input XML file to convert> |
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``` |
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On Windows the command line is the following. |
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``` |
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f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe -o "%O" f:/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter.xsl "%I" |
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``` |
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On Linux the command becomes as following. |
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``` |
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xsltproc -o "%O" /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter .xsl "%I" |
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``` |
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where `myconverter.xsl` is the style-sheet that you are applying. |
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Do not forget the double quotes around the file names, this allows them to have spaces after the substitution by Eeschema. |
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If a Python script is used, the command line is something like (depending on the Python script): |
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|
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``` |
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python f:/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter.py "%I" "%O" |
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``` |
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or |
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|
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``` |
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python /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter .xsl "%I" "%O" |
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``` |
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|
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The command line format accepts parameters for filenames. The supported formatting parameters are: |
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* `%B`: base filename of selected output file, minus path and extension. |
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* `%P`: project directory, without name and without trailing '/'. |
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* `%I`: complete filename and path of the temporary input file |
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(the intermediate net file). |
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* `%O`: complete filename and path (but without extension) of the user |
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chosen output file. |
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|
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`%I` will be replaced by the actual intermediate file name (usually the full root sheet filename with extension ".xml"). |
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`%O` will be replaced by the actual output file name (the full root sheet filename minus extension). |
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`%B` will be replaced by the actual output short file name (the short root sheet filename minus extension). |
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`%P` will be replaced by the actual current project path. |
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## 4.3 - Command line format: |
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### 4.3.1 - Remark: |
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Most of time, the created file must have an extension, depending on its type. |
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Therefore you have to add to the option ***%O*** the right file extension. |
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|
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For instance: |
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|
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* **%O.csv** to create a .csv file (comma separated value file). |
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* **%O.htm** to create a .html file. |
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* **%O.bom** to create a .bom file. |
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|
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### 4.3.2 Example for xsltproc: |
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|
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The command line format for xsltproc is the following: |
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|
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``` |
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<path of xsltproc> xsltproc <xsltproc parameters> |
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``` |
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|
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On Windows: |
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``` |
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f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe -o "%O.bom" f:/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl "%I" |
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``` |
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|
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On Linux: |
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``` |
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xsltproc -o "%O.bom" /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl "%I" |
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``` |
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|
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The above examples assume `xsltproc` is installed on your PC under Windows and xsl files located in `<path_to_kicad>/kicad/bin/plugins/`. |
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|
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|
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### 4.3.3 Example for Python scripts: |
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|
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Assuming python is installed on your PC, and python scripts are located in |
|||
|
|||
`<path_to_kicad>/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/`, |
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|
|||
the command line format for python is something like: |
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|
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``` |
|||
python <script file name> <input filename> <output filename> |
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``` |
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|
|||
On Windows: |
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``` |
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python.exe f:/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/my_python_script.py "%I" "%O.html" |
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``` |
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|
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On Linux: |
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``` |
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python /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/my_python_script.py "%I" "%O.csv" |
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``` |
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