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[Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>]

Milan, Interesting project,

Wouldn't you be interested in joining the scripting taskforce, right?

I've been thinking during last days about schema & footprint visualization
in the python scripting we're building, and one thing is the visualization
to UI, that reusing the current KiCad code would be the
cleanest/fastest/easier to maintain, but...

Then something else comes to my mind (for web app building, and even for
desktop apps), some kind of render painters (in python) capable of taking a
"BOARD" "MODULE" (later schematic parts and schematics) and spiting out a
.svg or .png : just imagine a web app doing a:

painter = pcbnew.PAINTER(my_module)

my_svg = painter.GetSVG()
my_png = painter.GetPNG()

That could be of great reuse in many places, with the new PLUGIN
architecture, it could even be reused to paint the new format files, eagle
(when available), altium & orcad?  if there is some brave man around.... :-)






2012/5/7 Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Do you want to buy some worms?
>
>
> Good accomplishment.
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > not to give a fish but teach how to fish instead :-)
> >
> > Found it in sources and it is pretty self explanatory.
> > Thank you guys and thank you for all the work you do.
> >
> > Milan
> >
> > Dne 6.5.2012 16:12, Dick Hollenbeck napsal(a):
> >> On 05/06/2012 08:23 AM, Milan Horák wrote:
> >>> Hi gentlemen,
> >>>
> >>> I'm working on my fun project - KiCad file visualiser
> >>> (http://kicad.picaxe.cz/kifivi/index.php).
> >>>
> >>> I have a question about KiCad component library format. Documentation
> >>> says that ALIAS line has to be the second line right after DEF line,
> but
> >>> in the default device.lib from package it is not this way.
> >>>
> >>> I.e. CP component - ALIAS line follows fields F1 line.
> >>>
> >>> What is the right way then?
> >>>
> >>> Tkanks for any answer.
> >>>
> >>> Milan
> >> Sometimes even a developer, or even the original author, may not carry
> this information in
> >> his/her head.  So to answer the question, he/she would have to look at
> the source.
> >>
> >> This is perhaps something you can do to?
> >>
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