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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
there is also a patch for wizard plugins to make the QFN/QFP with 
exposed pad and paste pads...
http://www.mail-archive.com/kicad-developers%40lists.launchpad.net/msg15109.html

at the moment has not been committed...


On 29/09/2015 17.59, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
> Thanks a lot, found it now!
> And I don’t believe it… it even seems to work without any problems (well, just created the default QFP and changed pads from oval to rectangular…).
>
> I’ll post a patch for OS X in the next couple of days to make paths consistently pointing to *only* the one “scripting/plugins” inside the application bundle where the footprint plugins are delivered right now.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bernhard
>
> > On 29 Sep 2015, at 17:45, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > It is not well documented, I guess partly becaue the plugins was never
> > found on a default installation.
> >
> > But see http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/images/Modedit_top_toolbar.png
> > this is in the footprint editor.
> >
> > It is the 7th icon from the left. The chip package with a small paper
> > on it. Although the icon has changed to a star and a some tools.
> >
> > 2015-09-29 17:40 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > On 29 Sep 2015, at 10:49, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > See the comments about stdout not being open for python:
> > > > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/scripting/kicadplugins.i#L43
> > > >
> > > > Just open a new file to direct stdout to temporarily while you're
> > > > debugging/testing:
> > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4675728/redirect-stdout-to-a-file-in-python#answer-4675744
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Brian.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the tip… worked.
> > >
> > > I need some help, though:
> > > I changed the paths and I verified that all of the python wizards/plugins are loaded fine.
> > > All paths are correct, python seems to load the plugins via __import__ just fine (there seems to be a valid object when doing a print on it), no other errors.
> > > But, I just don’t find those plugins anywhere in pcbnew… :(
> > >
> > > Maybe I am just blind, but where are they supposed to be?
> > > If they should appear in the menu, where are the menu entries created?
> > >
> > > I don’t know if related, I did not notice that before:
> > > When opening the Tools menu I always get an OS X wxWidgets assertion about invalid checked/unchecked menu items which obviously are created wrong (at least for OS X)… maybe those are the ones I am missing?
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bernhard
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