Commit 17b1c04f authored by Dick Hollenbeck's avatar Dick Hollenbeck

add script which converts footprint libraries from one format to another

parent 234c4a38
#!/usr/bin/python
# Convert a footprint library from one format to another, e.g. legacy to pretty.
# 1) Build target _pcbnew after enabling scripting in cmake.
# $ make _pcbnew
# 2) Changed dir to pcbnew
# $ cd pcbnew
# $ pwd
# build/pcbnew
# 3) Entered following command line, script takes to arguments: oldLibPath & newLibPath
# $ PYTHONPATH=. <path_to>/lib_convert.py /usr/local/share/kicad/modules/smd_dil.mod /tmp/smd_dil.pretty
# 4) inspect one footprint found in new librarypath /tmp/smd_dil
# $ less /tmp/smd_dil/msoic-10.kicad_mod
from __future__ import print_function
from pcbnew import *
import sys
if len( sys.argv ) < 3 :
print( "usage: script srcLibraryPath dstLibraryPath" )
sys.exit(1)
src_libpath = sys.argv[1]
dst_libpath = sys.argv[2]
src_type = IO_MGR.GuessPluginTypeFromLibPath( src_libpath );
dst_type = IO_MGR.GuessPluginTypeFromLibPath( dst_libpath );
src_plugin = IO_MGR.PluginFind( src_type )
dst_plugin = IO_MGR.PluginFind( dst_type )
try:
dst_plugin.FootprintLibDelete( dst_libpath )
except:
None # ignore, new may not exist if first run
dst_plugin.FootprintLibCreate( dst_libpath )
list_of_parts = src_plugin.FootprintEnumerate( src_libpath )
for part_id in list_of_parts:
module = src_plugin.FootprintLoad( src_libpath, part_id )
dst_plugin.FootprintSave( dst_libpath, module )
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