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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I've made a dxf exporter for mechanical layers of a kicad_pcb board
"Dwgs", "Cmts", "Edge", "Eco1", "Eco2", "F.Fab", "B.Fab"

the dxf file generated has:
- single line draw as it should be for mechanical interchange
- circle and arcs as circle and arcs as it should be for mechanical 
interchange
- the pcb layers are written in the same DXF file in different layers 
and colors
these options are missing in pcbnew plot (from version 4864)

https://forum.kicad.info/t/dxf-exporter-for-mechanical-layers-of-kicad-pcb-board/2885
https://github.com/easyw/kicadpcb2dxf

how to launch:
python kicadpcb2dxf.py -f kicad-board.kicad_pcb

the script doesn't have any dependencies and it is based on DXF R12 
writer from ezdxf library

Hoping that could be useful for people, like me, that are using a lot 
pcb and mechanical interchange :)

Maurice

On 12/04/2016 15.12, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Submit a patch or a merge request with your changes.  I expect the
> current behavior to be the default and the line output to be the option.
>   If you haven't done so, please look at the KiCad coding policy before
> submitting your changes.  Also, consider your changes carefully.  Rather
> than attempting to mash together the old DXF line plotting code with the
> current DXF plotting code, consider creating a separate DXF_LINE_PLOTTER
> object instead.  I don't want a bunch of conditional code in the current
> DXF_PLOTTER code.  You may have to factor out some of the common DXF
> plot code and create a DXF_PLOTTER_BASE class that you can use to derive
> DXF_PLOTTER and your new DXF_LINE_PLOTTER class.