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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, the BOM generators we ship with the product output the (other) description field as well.

I’ll go with the less-invasive approach of adding an attribute to the <libsource> element.

Cheers,
Jeff.

> On 4 Jun 2018, at 11:56, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Le 03/06/2018 à 22:52, Jeff Young a écrit :
>> Hi JP,
>> 
>> What are you considering the “description” in that?
>> 
>> Here’s what I’m seeing (interesting bits highlighted in red):
>> 
>>   <comp ref="U1">
>>     <value>ECC83</value>
>>     <footprint>Valves:VALVE-NOVAL_</footprint>
>>     <datasheet>http://www.r-type.org/pdfs/ecc83.pdf</datasheet>
>>     <libsource lib="analog_devices" part="ECC83"/>
>>     <sheetpath names="/" tstamps="/"/>
>>     <tstamp>5B141B34</tstamp>
>>   </comp>
> 
> From the point of view of a BOM, "<datasheet>http://www.r-type.org/pdfs/ecc83.pdf</datasheet> <http://www.r-type.org/pdfs/ecc83.pdf%3C/datasheet%3E>" is
> the only one description info.
> 
> The string fields stored in libpart section are the default values, not the actual values (that can
> be edited by the designer inside the schematic).
> 
>> 
>>   ...
>>   
>>   <libpart lib="analog_devices" part="ECC81">
>>     <aliases>
>>       <alias>ECC83</alias>
>>     </aliases>
>>     <description>double triode ECC81 (root part)</description>
>>     <docs>http://www.r-type.org/pdfs/ecc81.pdf</docs>
>>     <footprints>
>>       <fp>VALVE*NOVAL*P*</fp>
>>     </footprints>
>>     <fields>
>>       <field name="Reference">U</field>
>>       <field name="Value">ECC81</field>
>>       <field name="Footprint">Valves:VALVE-NOVAL_</field>
>>     </fields>
>>     <pins>
>>       <pin num="1" name="A" type="output"/>
>>       <pin num="2" name="G" type="input"/>
>>       <pin num="3" name="K" type="BiDi"/>
>>       <pin num="4" name="F1" type="power_in"/>
>>       <pin num="5" name="F1" type="power_in"/>
>>       <pin num="6" name="A" type="output"/>
>>       <pin num="7" name="G" type="input"/>
>>       <pin num="8" name="K" type="BiDi"/>
>>       <pin num="9" name="F2" type="power_in"/>
>>     </pins>
>>   </libpart>
>> 
>> The Python code does a lookup of libparts & aliases to make a connection and then reads the (single)
>> description.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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