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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

JP,

This seems very sensible :)

Oliver

On 13 May 2017 04:18, "jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 12/05/2017 à 13:55, Oliver Walters a écrit :
> > This feature was IN this branch of code but was vetoed. It was WYSIWYG
> BoM with export to:
> >
> > *SV
> > XML
> > HTML
> >
> > Wayne mentioned that KiCad used to have such a BOM export tool but I
> haven't been using KiCad long
> > enough to have experienced it.
> >
> > If there is real need for such a feature then I leave that to the
> project leads to decide. I have
> > the code still, and it could be implemented very easily.
>
> Hi Oliver,
>
> As Wayne said, we don't like a BOM export tool *written in C++ inside* the
> Kicad code.
>
> Here is the reason:
> A few years ago, this code was existing and (as Wayne said) created the
> same BOM files (txt, csv...)
> as your code.
>
> What was the result:
> Roughly ever month, a bug or request was filled to change something in BOM
> files.
> I am guessing we cannot find 2 guys who want the same BOM format or option.
>
> Therefore, the C++ code inside the Kicad code was dropped, and replaced by
> external scripts (Python
> or XSL) to transform the XML netlist created by Kicad to an other list
> (BOM, but also other netlist
> formats).
>
> *Trust me*, this was a *wise* decision (It was not my decision, but was a
> good decision).
>
> Therefore: if you want to create the BOM you like, write a Python script
> to do that from a netlist
> (it is easy to run from Eeschema: see the BOM or Netlist generator), but
> do not try to merge this
> code in Kicad C++ sources: your script will never generate the "right" BOM.
> But a Python script is very easy to modify.
>
> There are already many BOM generators written in Python.
>
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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