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[Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried adding this in kicad.i

#include <geometry/shape_line_chain.h>
%include <geometry/shape_line_chain.h>

It compiles and SHAPE_LINE_CHAIN type shows up in pcbnew.py

But I need VECTOR2I as well to get the actual coordinates. However
adding math/vector2d.h header in a similar way leads to following linking
error that I am not sure how to fix:

D:/devtools/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
CMakeFiles/pcbnew_kiface.dir/objects.a(pcbnew_wrap.cxx.obj):pcbnew_wrap.cxx:(.rdata$.refptr._ZN7VECTOR2IiE10ECOORD_MINE[.refptr._ZN7VECTOR2IiE10ECOORD_MINE]+0x0):
undefined reference to `VECTOR2<int>::ECOORD_MIN'
D:/devtools/msys64/mingw64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe:
CMakeFiles/pcbnew_kiface.dir/objects.a(pcbnew_wrap.cxx.obj):pcbnew_wrap.cxx:(.rdata$.refptr._ZN7VECTOR2IiE10ECOORD_MAXE[.refptr._ZN7VECTOR2IiE10ECOORD_MAXE]+0x0):
undefined reference to `VECTOR2<int>::ECOORD_MAX'

Can someone who understands swig help me figure this out?

On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 12:36 PM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hello Kicad team,
>
> I'm writing a pcbnew action plugin that needs to read footprint pad
> coordinates and shape.
> I had no trouble figuring out all shapes except for custom one. It is
> represented by SHAPE_POLY_SET which has a corresponding python type but to
> get actual vertex coordinates you have to either call one of Iterate()
> variants or get polygon outlines with Outline(). They both return objects
> (ITERATOR and SHAPE_LINE_CHAIN) that are pointers and have no useful
> attributes. As far as I understand they just don't have corresponding swig
> bindings so they are not exposed properly in python.
>
> Am I missing some obvious way to read custom pad polygon data in python?
>
> If not, what would it take to add that?
>
> I don't understand much about how swig configuration works but cursory
> glance at Kicad source suggests that there needs to be an import for
> shape_line_chain.h in common/swig/kicad.i, similar to shape_poly_set
> import.
>
> If you are curious about what the plugin does, here are some of it's
> results, generated from Kicad demos:
> http://plugindemo.bitballoon.com/1/
> http://plugindemo.bitballoon.com/2/
> http://plugindemo.bitballoon.com/3/
>
> #2 above has a solder bridge with custom shape pads that are not rendered.
> Links are short lived.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
>