Nils, You may also want to take a look at http://www.compuphase.com/electronics/kicadlibrarian_en.htm
I'm not sure whether you've heard about it but in my opinion this is the most complete footprint generator to this day. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Nils Hesse <nphe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dick, > I'll look into that und hopefully provide my changes as a patch within the > next few days, thank you. > > Lorenzo, > I'm happy that this really could be usefull to someone. I would like to > create more footprint wizards and/or other plugins/scripts for KiCAD in the > future. > The code isn't really that much by the way, most of the code is > "housekeeping" (clean console outputs) and the creation of silkscreen lines > for the outline of the module (7 single lines). > > Chris, > according to pcbnew.cpp:128 the installation destination of KiCAD Python > plugins under Linux is "/usr/local/kicad/bin/scripting/plugins". Under > Windows it is "[KICAD_PATH]/scripting/plugins". The destination under Linux > seems to be subject to change (and should be). I, personally, created a > symlink from /usr/local/kicad/bin/scripting/plugins -> ~/.kicad_plugins > (under Linux) so I don't have to mess with root filesystem directories for > installing user plugins. > But make sure you are using a KiCAD version with scripting enabled! Look for > the daily builds by Adam Wolf for a prebuilt version. > > Nils > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Chris Comer <cbcom...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> How do I install this? I tried and restarted Kicad and didn't find any >> new installed. Thanks. >> >> Chris Comer >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Nils Hesse <nphe...@gmail.com> >> To: kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 8:11 PM >> Subject: [Kicad-developers] QFP Footprint Wizard >> >> Hi, >> >> just in case anyone has any usage for this: >> >> I've written a QFP Footprint wizard using the FootprintWizardPlugin Python >> class (see attachment). If there are any problems with the wizard I'm happy >> to help. >> >> Nils >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- László Monda <http://monda.hu> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
