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archives.
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This probably would require a converter or an export plugin in
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KiCad.
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KiCad. KiCad should offer export to one of the formats accepted by
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CircuitCam.
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**TODO:** Check Tom's assembly drawings generator script.
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- Support for long pad names/pin numbers
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Required for Altium library import.
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- Automated Altium library conversion
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The conversion process currently consists of two steps: running two
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Altium scripts (footprint conversion and symbol templates
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generation) and symbol library generation (using the database
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information and symbol templates).
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It is easy to automate the symbol library generation, but running
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Altium scripts requires launching the software and a few clicks. Due
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to that, the library conversion process still involves a human and
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conversion is done upon a request.
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## Eeschema
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- Good quality BOM generator
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- Copy/paste
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- Copy/paste (between sheets, possibly via system clipboard)
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Especially for drawings. One can export a drawing and import it to a
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schematic sheet, but is very cumbersome.
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## Pcbnew
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- STEPs
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Import and export. It might be already doable with KiCad, I need to
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check. Perhaps it requires a few hackish tricks that could be
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replaced with a nice UI.
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<s>Import and export. It might be already doable with KiCad, I need
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to check. Perhaps it requires a few hackish tricks that could be
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replaced with a nice UI.</s>
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STEPs can be easily assigned to footprints and are correctly
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displayed by 3D viewer. Pcbnew has also successfully exported a STEP
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model for the FMC nanoFIP board.
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- Object inspector
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Modifying a single property for a number of items is a tedious task.
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- Object Inspector
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Modifying a single property for a number of items is a tedious task
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that could be alleviated with this tool.
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- More sophisticated dimensioning tools
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- Improved dimensioning tools
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It is a large package that would need a proper specification.
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Generally speaking, it would be great to have dimension lines
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associated with certain points, so the dimensions are automatically
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updated when the associated point coordinate changes.
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- Reset grid & auxiliary origin
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- Enable 'append board' function when pcbnew runs in project mode
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- Enable plotting a selected layer to all output files
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PCB designs often contain a small frame with additional informations
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about the board (e.g. layers) that could be included in all output
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files, if it is drawn on a dedicated layer.
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# Bugs (to be confirmed and posted on the bug tracker)
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- Create array does not work correctly when lowercase letters are used
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