The name kipy is a contraction of "KiCAD Python" because it is a goal
to provide useful scripts around KiCad.
kipy is Copyright (C) 2009 by Patrick Maupin, Austin, Texas
kipy is made available at pyeda.org under the OSI-approved MIT license.
Documentation is available at pyeda.org
Code directory structure:
kipy
utility -- low level functions and objects
fileobjs -- file-specific objects
parsesch -- parse a schematic to discover connectivity
tools -- runnable scripts
Requirements:
1) Linux or Windows
2) Python 2.5 or 2.6 (For now -- will eventually support 3.0 as well)
Using kipy:
1) Checkout from subversion into xxxx/xxxx/kipy/ directory
2) cd to your KiCad project directory.
3) xxxxx/xxxx/kipy/tools/checkproj.py -- to check your project
4) xxxxx/xxxx/kipy/tools/expressdump.py -- dumps netlist in ExpressPCB format
5) xxxxx/xxxx/kipy/tools/getpins.py <refid> -- print pin info for <refid>
6) xxxxx/xxxx/kipy/tools/demos.py -- checks whole demo tree
7) xxxxx/xxxx/kipy/tools/roundtrip.py -- tests roundtripping library and demo tree