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<h1 class="western"><a name="__RefHeading__2925_482973253"></a>1 -
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Full documentation:</h1>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">The
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</span><i><b>Eeschema documentation</b></i> <span style="font-weight: normal">describes
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this </span><b>intermediate netlist and gives examples<br></b><span style="font-weight: normal">See
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also </span><i><b>https://answers.launchpad.net/kicad/+faq/2265</b></i></font></font></p>
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<h1 class="western"><i>2 - </i>The intermediate Netlist File</h1>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">BOM
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files (and netlist files) can be created from an Intermediate netlist
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file created by Eeschema.</font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">This
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file uses XML syntax and is called the intermediate netlist. The
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intermediate netlist includes a large amount of data about your board
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and because of this, it can be used with post-processing to create a
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BOM or other reports.</font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Depending
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on the output (BOM or netlist), different subsets of the complete
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Intermediate Netlist file will be used in the post-processing.</font></font></p>
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<h1 class="western">3 - Conversion to a new format</h1>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">By
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applying a post-processing filter to the Intermediate netlist file
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you can generate foreign netlist files as well as BOM files. Because
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this conversion is a text to text transformation.</font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">this
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post-processing filter can be written using <b>Python</b>, <b>XSLT</b>,
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or any other tool capable of taking XML as input.</font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">XSLT
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itself is a XML language very suitable for XML transformations. There
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is a free program called </span></span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal">xsltproc</span></i><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">that
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you can download and install. The</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">xsltproc
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program can be used to read the Intermediate XML netlist input file,
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apply</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"> </span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">a
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style-sheet to transform the input, and save the results in an output
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file. Use of xsltproc requires a style-sheet file using XSLT
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conventions. The full conversion process is handled</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">by
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Eeschema, after it is configured once to run xsltproc in a specific
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way.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">A
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Python script is somewhat more easy to create.</font></font></p>
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<h1 class="western">4 - Initialization of the dialog window</h1>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">You
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should add a new pluging (a script) in plugin list by clicking on the
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Add Plugin button.</font></font></p>
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<h2 class="western">4.1 - Plugin Configuration Parameters</h2>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The
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Eeschema plug-in configuration dialog requires the following
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information:</font></font></p>
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<ul>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The
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title: for instance, the name of the netlist format.</font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The
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command line to launch the converter (usually a script).</font></font></p>
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</ul>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Once
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you click on the generate button the following will happen:</font></font></p>
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<ol>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Eeschema
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creates an intermediate netlist file *.xml, for instance <i>test.xml.</i></font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Eeschema
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runs the script from the command line to create the final output
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file.</font></font></p>
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</ol>
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<h2 class="western">4.2 - Generate netlist files with the command
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line</h2>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Assuming
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we are using the program <i>xsltproc.exe</i><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">to
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apply the sheet style to the intermediate file, </span></span><i>xsltproc.exe</i><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">is
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executed with the following command.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">xsltproc.exe
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-o < output filename > < style-sheet filename > <
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input XML file to convert ></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On
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Windows the command line is the following.<br><i>f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe
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-o “%O” f:/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter.xsl “%I”</i></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On
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Linux the command becomes as following.<br><i>xsltproc -o “%O”
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/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter .xsl “%I”<br>w</i><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">here
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</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">myconverter</span></i></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal">.xsl</span></i><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">is
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the style-sheet that you are applying.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Do
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not forget the double quotes</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">around
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the file names, this allows them to have spaces after the
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substitution by Eeschema.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">If
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a Python script is used, the command line is something like
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(depending on the Python script):</font></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i>python</i>
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<i>f:/kicad\bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter.py</i>
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“<i>%I”“%O”<br>or<br>python</i>
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<i>/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter .xsl “%I”
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“%O” </i></font></font>
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</p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The
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command line format accepts parameters for filenames:</font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The
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supported formatting parameters are.</font></font></p>
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<ul>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%B</b>
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=> base filename and path of selected output file, minus path and
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extension.</font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%P</b>
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=> project directory, without name and without trailing '/'.</font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%I
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</b>=> complete filename and path of the temporary input file
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(the intermediate net file).</font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%O</b>
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=> complete filename and path (but without extension) of the user
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chosen output file.</font></font></p>
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</ul>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><b>%I</b>
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will be replaced by the actual intermediate file name<span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">(usually
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the full root sheet filename with extension “.xml”)</span></span></span><br><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>%O</b></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">will
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be replaced by the actual output file name (the full root sheet
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filename minus extension).<br></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>%B</b></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">will
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be replaced by the actual output short file name</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">(the
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short root sheet filename minus extension).<br></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><b>%P</b></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">will
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be replaced by the actual current project path.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<h2 class="western">4.3 - Command line format:</h2>
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<h3 class="western">4.3.1 - Remark:</h3>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Most
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of time, the created file must have an extension, depending on its
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type.<br>Therefore you have to add to the option <i><b>%O</b></i> the
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right file extension.</font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">For
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instance:</font></font></p>
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<ul>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>%O.csv</b></i>
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to create a .csv file (comma separated value file).</font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>%O.html</b></i>
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to create a .html file.</font></font></p>
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<li/>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>%O.bom</b></i>
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to create a .bom file.</font></font></p>
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</ul>
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<h3 class="western">4.3.2 Example for<i> </i><span style="font-variant: normal"><i>xsltproc:</i></span></h3>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">The
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command line format for xsltproc is the following:<br>< path of
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</span></span>xsltproc > <span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">xsltproc
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< </span></span>xsltproc parameters ></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On
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Windows:<br><i><b>f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe -o “%O.bom</b></i>”
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<i><b>f:/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl “%I”</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On
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Linux:<br><i><b>xsltproc -o “%O.bom</b></i>”
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<i><b>/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl “%I”</b></i></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; widows: 0; orphans: 0; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: auto">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">The
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above examples assume</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">xsltproc
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is installed on your PC under Windows xsl</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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</span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">exe</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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located in kicad/bin</span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><i><b>plugins/</b></i></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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<h3 class="western">4.3.3 <i>Example fo</i><span style="font-variant: normal"><i>r
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python scripts:</i></span></h3>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The
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command line format for python is something like:<br><span style="font-variant: normal"><span style="font-style: normal">python</span></span><span style="font-variant: normal">
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On
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Windows:<br><i><b>python.exe f:/kicad/bin/plugins
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/bom-in-python/my_python_script.py</b></i> “<i><b>%I”
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“%O.html</b></i>”</font></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">On
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Linux:<br><i><b>python</b></i> <i><b>/usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins
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/bom-in-python/my_python_script.py</b></i> “<i><b>%I”
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“%O.csv</b></i>”</font></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Assuming
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python is installed on your PC, and python scripts are located in
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<i><b>kicad/bin/plugins /bom-in-python/</b></i>.</font></font></p>
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