#!/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=. /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.pretty # $ less /tmp/smd_dil.pretty/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 )