The <property> elements are used by Pcbnew. We should probably suppress writing them in “BOM mode”.
> On 19 Feb 2021, at 14:50, Jonatan Liljedahl <li...@kymatica.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > When using jlcpcb-kicad-tools, it's tedious and error prone to fill in > the LCSC_Part for all components, so I'm thinking how to automate this > from a database/CSV file of preferred parts. > > I'm thinking one could make a BOM plugin that processes the XML and > matches value and footprint (package) to insert the correct LCSC_Part. > > Looking at the XML, it looks for example like this: > > <comp ref="D1"> > <value>5819</value> > <footprint>kymatica:D_SOD-123</footprint> > <datasheet>~</datasheet> > <fields> > <field name="LCSC_Part">C8598</field> > <field > name="Spice_Lib_File">/Users/lijon/Dropbox/Electronics/Spice-Models/easyeda.lib</field> > <field name="Spice_Model">0</field> > <field name="Spice_Netlist_Enabled">N</field> > <field name="Spice_Node_Sequence">2 1</field> > <field name="Spice_Primitive">R</field> > </fields> > <libsource lib="kymatica" part="D_Schottky" > description="Schottky diode, small symbol, filled shape"/> > <property name="Spice_Primitive" value="R"/> > <property name="Spice_Netlist_Enabled" value="N"/> > <property name="Spice_Node_Sequence" value="2 1"/> > <property name="Spice_Lib_File" > value="/Users/lijon/Dropbox/Electronics/Spice-Models/easyeda.lib"/> > <property name="Spice_Model" value="0"/> > <property name="LCSC_Part" value="C8598"/> > <property name="Sheetname" value=""/> > <property name="Sheetfile" value="NoiseGrain.kicad_sch"/> > <sheetpath names="/" tstamps="/"/> > <tstamp>00000000-0000-0000-0000-00005d77ea7f</tstamp> > </comp> > > How come each custom field is repeated both in <fields> as well as > having a <property>? Which one is used? > > Is there any way to read such an XML file back after processing it? Or > is there a plugin API to process the schematic in place to fill in > those LCSC_Part fields? > > -- > /Jonatan > http://kymatica.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
