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[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed, it is much easier to just re-parse pcb files than it is to extract
data using the internal APIs. The intention is for that to be temporary
until the internal api improves to the point where writing something
interfacing with it wont be a pile of workarounds for quirks and sharp
corners. If anything, it is a testament to the improvement the s-expr
format brought to kicad, being so easy to parse and work with external
tools.

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 12:59 AM, Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2017-12-08 04:34 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
>
>>   I haven't had time to follow changes for quite some time but there
>> was some talk about making changes to the PCB file format. If the
>> file format changes, some changes will also have to be made to
>> the STEP exporter (utils/kicad2step) to handle the new format.
>>
>
> This surprises me a little. Does that mean kicad2step is processing the
> saved file and not working from the data held internal to the program?
>
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