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[Steven Johnson <strntydog@xxxxxxxxx>]

To answer 3. Its a component field editor/viewer.  It allows you to
edit/view your component fields much easier than right clicking on each and
every symbol to see what the fields are set to.

Its not really a BoM tool although it makes getting your BoM in order much
easier.

For example a 10K resistor doesnt necessarily specify the manufacturer/part
number like a BoM would need to, although it can.  How you use the fields
is up to you the designer.


On May 12, 2017 15:16, "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hello,
great work! this is a good BOM preview, but I am not really sure why the
BOM icon does not activate this table (like in Altium).
I have done some testing and this is my feedback.
1) left alignment is advisable.  The current center alignment makes the
table hard to read.
2) for a reason I do not know, the current version (today nightly built)
has problem to group the "Description" field. Very strange
3) What exactly is this table? a "Generate quick BOM"? The current pop up
hint text says "Component table view" which I guess is incorrect since you
can edit fields. This would help me to make a better icon?

[image: Inline image 1]

Really great work. I love this new feature.

cheers
Fabrizio


On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Strontium <strntydog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
>
> On 06/05/17 12:13, Oliver Walters wrote:
>
> And it just so happens that in this schematic NO components have been
>> edited to include these default fields/values, so, they don't show up in
>> the component table.
>
>
> I have a patch to fix this now - if a field is empty and a template value
> exists, that is placed there instead.
>
>
>> Also, editing Multipart components is a little quirky, If you change a
>> field for a multi-part component, all "parts" update to that value, but if
>> any parts have different values, only one is shown in the table and its not
>> clear that the underlying multipart field is inconsistent.
>
>
> This is a hard one as really, multi-part components should *not* have
> different values in various fields! I had thought about adding another
> level (with an arrow as you suggest) but I think it becomes too
> complicated.
>
> Yes, I agree with you on this, Its confusing that KiCad doesn't
> synchronise those fields.  BUT I think maybe its done that way to help
> facilitate swapping parts between multiple multi-part components.
>
> Maybe a developer who knows more about this can weigh in?  Is having
> different field value/fields in a single multi-part component a "Feature"
> or a "Quirk"?  And if a "Feature" what's its purpose?
>
> Steven
>
>
>
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