How would this work - can you create "configurations" and mark each component as "do not use in this configuration"? Can components also have different values rather than just DNF? In the PCB design, can I select the configuration and export a BOM and a position file which will only have the required components for that configuration? While looking at the schematic, how do you convey that a component has variations? In the documentation, how do we express the variations? Will a report be automatically generated with the variations for all configurations?
Cirilo On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:48 PM Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Almost a year ago now I suggested a feature addition, allowing for marking > parts in the schematic as "DO NOT FIT" > > https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg38415.html > > I had made a lot of progress towards feature completion, however was told at > the time that such a feature would not be accepted. > > A year later, and after a lot of frustration of sending the wrong files out > for manufacturer due to confusion about which parts are fitted, I'd like to > raise the issue again. > > Currently parts are marked as "DNF" by setting a special field in the BOM and > checking for this with a special export script. > > However, I feel (and I'm sure many would agree) that this information should > be integral to the schematic representation itself. Some other EDA packages > achieve this quite well. > > I presented a way to achieve this without breaking backwards compatibility > with the file format. > > If the "new" file format is still far in the future, can this feature be > considered again? > > Cheers, > Oliver > _______________________________________________ > 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
