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[Miguel Angel <miguelangel@xxxxxx>]

@cirilo:

Hmm, given that, we could swig in the main exporter functions to make them
available for python,
I see that for example in VRML you're defining a PCB_FRAME method.

@maurice:

Sounds to me like a doable thing, it was once in my plan to introduce not
only plugin wizards, but other kind of plugins, like hooks for the toolbar,
the context menus (so you could exec a script over certain types of pcbs
items, or selections).

Not sure how easy is to throw the execution out into the console, but
that'd be ideal, yes.


Seems like a possibility for christmas holidays ;)




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On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> The export function which Maurice mentioned is a dialog.
> The export function is in pcbnew/exporters/export_idf.cpp :
>
> bool Export_IDF3( BOARD* aPcb, const wxString& aFullFileName, bool
> aUseThou,
>                   double aXRef, double aYRef )
>
> aFullFileName: full path for the output file and should end in ".emn"; a
> second file is
>     also generated with ".emp" extension.
>
> aUseThou: set true if the IDF output should use 0.001inch as the units
> ('mil' in the USA,
>     but Australians call it 'thou' and get confused and use mm if you
> mention 'mil'). The
>     default of course is mm.
>
> aXRef, aYRef: (0,0) position of the board, in mm. It doesn't matter if the
> board is designed on
>     an imperial grid, this reference is always specified in mm.
>
> I can't remember if Maurice's scripts need the reference at (0,0) or if
> it's determined by:
>
>         aXRef = bbox.Centre().x * MM_PER_IU;
>         aYRef = bbox.Centre().y * MM_PER_IU;
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo <mangelajo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> We export functions from BOARD, modules, etc…, IMO, if we want to export
>> that,
>> “ExportToIDF3” may be a BOARD method (I haven’t looked at it yet), once
>> that happens, ExportToIDF3 is available for python consumption.
>>
>> my_board.ExportToIDF3(“idf_file”)
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Miguel Ángel Ajo
>>
>> On Wednesday 2 December 2015 at 17:35, easyw wrote:
>>
>> Hi Miguel and Cirilo,
>>
>> the function is
>> void PCB_EDIT_FRAME::ExportToIDF3( wxCommandEvent& event )
>>
>> the best would be if that could be executed from a python call (included
>> in pcbnew.py) ...
>>
>> a second thing that I would like to ask is the ability to have a button
>> to be configured to execute a python file as if it would be invoked in
>> pcbnew python console...
>> That would make the way to execute a python script inside pcbnew more
>> human than geek...
>>
>> thank you for your advices
>>
>> Maurice
>>
>> On 02/12/2015 13.22, Miguel Angel Ajo wrote:
>>
>> If you tell me which functions are those and how they relate to C++ code
>> (I’ve never used them), I could tell you if it’s there, or how easy/hard
>> it is.
>>
>> I’m adding cirilo bernardo to the thread :)
>>
>> Best,
>> Miguel Ángel Ajo
>>
>> On Wednesday 2 December 2015 at 12:03, easyw wrote:
>>
>> Hi Miguel, could you please have a look at my query to tell me if this
>> option is handled by KiCad?
>>
>> thank you
>> Maurice
>>
>> On 27/11/2015 23.24, easyw wrote:
>>
>> Hi Miguel,
>> is there a way to access IDF export function by a command in python with
>> pcbnew APIs?
>>
>> Maurice
>>
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