kicad/tools/lib_convert.py

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Python

#!/usr/bin/python
# Convert a footprint library from one format to another, e.g. legacy to pretty.
# 1) 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
# inspect one footprint found in new librarypath /tmp/smd_dil.pretty
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 )
ii = 0;
for part_id in list_of_parts:
footprint = src_plugin.FootprintLoad( src_libpath, part_id )
dst_plugin.FootprintSave( dst_libpath, footprint )
ii = ii+1
print( ii, footprint.GetFPID().GetUniStringLibId(), "->", dst_libpath )