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[Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

I figured it out, please see attached patch for the fix.

On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 3:46 AM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>

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