The KiCad 7 Thread

I’ve been banging on this for three days now and I think it’s in pretty good form. New URL:

Big changes from the original are:

  • It processes all KiCad projects under a main project directory (e.g. a PCB and a panel?) rather than just one
  • It uses multiple levels of configuration files to control its behavior on anything from a global to a single KiCad project basis
  • It doesn’t regenerate any files that are already newer than the KiCad files they derive from
  • It leverages KiKit to offer separate documentation and Gerber files for individual PCBs in a multi-PCB KiCad design (and KiKit can be used instead of kicad-cli, if preferred, for Gerber generation)

I’m still finding bugs but it’s generally doing what I want it to and I’m confident using it on my actual projects (then again I do run hourly backups). Check it out.

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