KiCAD-assembly-variants
Assembly variants switcher for KiCAD 6 and 7.
Installation
Install in KiCAD command prompt via pip:
$ pip install -U git+https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiCAD-assembly-variants@main
All commands should be invoked from KiCAD command prompt.
Variant format
The alternative properties are expected to follow <variant_prefix> <property name>. That is, if you want to have alternative values for Value, you can
have extra property fields, e.g., variant1 Value and variant2 Value.
On variant switching, the corresponding alternative field value is copied to the original one.
The following special attributes names map to KiCAD built-ins:
- Value
- in_bom (yes/no)
- on_board (yes/no)
- dnp (yes/no)
Usage
If you want to switch variant in place, just invoke:
$ kiAsm switch --prefix variant1 path/to/project/directory
You can specify multiple fields to change and only single prefix. Instead of
--field you can use -f and instead of --prefix you can use -p
If you want to export multiple variants, you can use the export command:
$ $ kiAsm export --prefix variant1 --prefix variant2 path/to/project/directory path/to/output/directory
This command will create directories variant1 and variant2 in the output
directory and a copy of the project with switched corresponding variant will be
copied there. The original project is not modified.