> On Jan 15, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Dan Weatherill <dan.weather...@cantab.net> wrote: > > This was just intended as a tidy-up of the existing script/GUI I have been > using myself for a while. There are at least two other attempts, the one that > Andy refers to, and also KRen > (https://forum.kicad.info/t/i-wrote-a-program-to-automatically-update-pcb-refdes-and-back-annotate-to-the-schematic/3561) > > probably due to not investigating these enough before getting NIH syndrome I > wrote one as well….
kren never worked for me. The tool I mentioned, at https://hasanyavuz.ozderya.net/?p=256 <https://hasanyavuz.ozderya.net/?p=256> , no longer works, at least with the nightlies. -a > > Dan W > > On Monday, 15 January 2018 20:30:52 GMT Nick Østergaard wrote: >> OK, I was not sure that you intended it as a functional mock-up or proff of >> concept. >> >> I have not yet had time to test it. >> >> 2018-01-15 18:17 GMT+01:00 Andy Peters <de...@latke.net>: >>> On Jan 15, 2018, at 12:22 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Also, it is hard to argue this to be used in KiCad when it uses PyQt. >>> >>> >>> What I mean is that the functionality should be part of Kicad, not this >>> particular implementation. >>> >>> For those wondering why this is important — after we (day job, and every >>> day job I’ve had since college) finish the board layout, we re-annotate >>> the >>> PCB so that the reference designators are geographical. This is purely for >>> the benefit of the humans who assemble, rework and debug designs. When a >>> board is a sea of parts, being able to find things by physical location >>> makes life easier. >>> >>> There is already a Python script [1] which does this, and it works well. >>> >>> -a >>> >>> [1] https://hasanyavuz.ozderya.net/?p=256 >>> >>> 2018-01-14 22:24 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com>: >>>> On 1/14/2018 3:20 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >>>>>> On Jan 13, 2018, at 7:16 PM, Dan Weatherill >>>>>> <dan.weather...@cantab.net> >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> Dear all, >>>>>> apologies first for the (unrelated to 5.0 stable) spam. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have been working for a while on a back-annotation tool for kicad. >>>> >>>> It is >>>> >>>>>> finally in a shape where I feel it's worth letting others look at it >>>> >>>> and >>>> >>>>>> getting some feedback. You can find it here: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/weatherhead99/kicad_backannotate >>>>>> >>>>>> Any issues or comments very welcome! >>>>>> I hope to work on getting something like this into kicad itself in the >>>> >>>> longer >>>> >>>>>> term. >>>>> >>>>> I will test this soon! >>>>> >>>>> IMHO this functionality should be part of Kicad, not an external tool. >>>>> >>>>> -a >>>> >>>> It's on the v6 road map and will eventually be part of KiCad. If users >>>> want to use an external tool to do this, that's fine but it's not >>>> something that I would include in KiCad. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> Andy Peters >>> 5511 E Rosewood St >>> Tucson, AZ 85711 >>> 520-907-2262 >>> de...@latke.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 Andy Peters 5511 E Rosewood St Tucson, AZ 85711 520-907-2262 de...@latke.net
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