odaki / gerber_to_order

A KiCad plugin project to create gerber files and zip files.

gerber_to_order

A KiCad plugin to create zip compressed gerber files to order for Elecrow, FusionPCB, PCBWay or JLCPCB.

Usage

Setup

Put this project to a directory for plugin.

For Windows. (It's for KiCad5. TODO: check and update for KiCad6)

mkdir -p ~/AppData/Roaming/kicad/scripting/plugins
cd ~/AppData/Roaming/kicad/scripting/plugins
git clone https://github.com/asukiaaa/gerber_to_order.git

For Mac. (It's for KiCad5. TODO: check and update for KiCad6)

mkdir -p ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/scripting/plugins
cd ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/scripting/plugins
git clone https://github.com/asukiaaa/gerber_to_order.git

For Linux.

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/kicad/6.0/scripting/plugins
cd ~/.local/share/kicad/6.0/scripting/plugins
git clone https://github.com/asukiaaa/gerber_to_order.git

Run

Then start PCB editor of KiCad and select Tools -> External plugins -> Gerber to Order.

Update

Move to directory of plugin and run pull command.

cd [directory of plugins]/gerber_to_order
git pull origin master

Supported manufacturers

Name	Information url
Elecrow	Elecrow PCB Manufacturing
PCBWay	Generate Gerber from KiCad 5.1.6
FusionPCB	Service for Fusion PCB
JLCPCB	How to generate the Gerber files? Suggested Naming Patterns

License

MIT

References

• Python Plugin Development for Pcbnew
• KiCad Pcbnew Python Scripting: pcbnew Namespace Reference
• KiCad アクションスクリプト GerberZip
• kicad-action-plugins/action_menu_gerber_zip.py
• PCB製造サービス向けのガーバーデータとzipを作るKiCadのプラグインを作ってみた
• KiCadの基板の大きさをpythonで測る
• KiCad 5.1 python_scripts_examples