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95 lines
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# kicad-action-tools
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#### <font color='navy'><b>A suite of kicad action plugin tools</b></font>
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- ### Annular Ring Checker
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Check your kicad_pcb for annular ring violations:
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PTH Plated Trough Hole, NPTH Non Plated Trough Hole Pads and Vias
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- ### action_menu_pcb2dxf
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A script to export technical layers of kicad PCB to DXF
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DXF generated file has single line draw as it should be for mechanical interchange (this option is missing in pcbnew plot)
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- ### action_menu_move_to_layer
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A script to Move Selected Drawing(s) to chosen new Layer (available only in GAL)
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- ### action_positions
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A script to Generate Position Files for SMD, THD, Virtual, ALL
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## action_menu_annular_check.py
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A script to check for annular ring violations
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for PTH, NPTH pads and vias
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requirements: KiCAD pcbnew > 4.0 built with KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU option activated
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release "1.5.3"
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'action_menu_annular_check.py' checking PCB for Annular Ring in PTH, NPTH and Vias
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(SMD, Connector and NPTH are skipped)
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default Annular Ring >= 0.125 both for TH Pads and Vias
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to change values modify:
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AR_SET = 0.150 #minimum annular accepted for pads
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AR_SET_V = 0.150 #minimum annular accepted for vias
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DRL_EXTRA = 0.100 #extra drill margin size for production
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Launch the Annular Check script in pcbnew from Tools menu:
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### todo (annular_check)
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- [ ] add colors to output list
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## action_menu_pcb2dxf
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**kicadpcb2dxf**
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_dxf exporter for mechanical layers of a kicad_pcb board_
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- "Dwgs", "Cmts", "Edge", "Eco1", "Eco2", "F.Fab", "B.Fab", "F.CrtYd", "B.CrtYd"
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- the dxf generated has single line draw as it should be for mechanical interchange (this option is missing in pcbnew plot)
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creates DXF file of technical layers of the selected kicad pcb board
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(this is a part of kicad StepUp tools; please refer to kicad StepUp tools for the full licence)
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kicadpcb2dxf: Copyright (c) 2015 Maurice easyw
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dxf_parser="r12writer from ezdxf 0.7.6": Copyright (C) 2016, Manfred Moitzi with MIT License
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done:
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- [x] added line, circle, arc primitives
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- [x] added footprint support
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- [x] fixed negative arc case
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- [x] added text support (mirror & alignement not supported)
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- [x] added multiline text
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- [x] add quote support
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### todo (kicadpcb2dxf)
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- [ ] tbd
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## action_menu_move_to_layer
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A script to Move Selected Drawing(s) to chosen new Layer (available only in GAL)
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requirements: KiCAD pcbnew > 4.0 built with KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU option activated
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release "1.1.0"
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A script to Move Selected Drawing(s) to chosen new Layer (available only in GAL)
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How to use:
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- move to GAL
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- select some draw objects
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- call the plugin
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- select the new layer
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- selected draw objects will be moved to new layer
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Launch the 'Move Selected drawings to chosen Layer' script in pcbnew from Tools menu
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- ### action_positions
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A script to Generate Position Files for SMD, THD, Virtual, ALL
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The script will generate Fabrication POS files for:
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- SMD
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- THD
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- VIRTUAL
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- ALL
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