svg2librepcb

A small program to generate LibrePCB packages from an SVG file, along with an Inkscape extension.

Building

You need Rust and Cargo installed. Then run:

cargo build --release

Then you can find the binary at target/release/svg2librepcb.

CLI Usage

Use svg2librepcb --help to view the usage help.

Example:

svg2librepcb \
    --outpath ~/LibrePCB-Workspace/v0.1/libraries/local/MyLibrary.lplib/ \
    --name MyName \
    --author Danilo \
    logo.svg

This will result in the following files being generated in the output directory:

cmp/2288621c-6056-4531-90d1-21e9f6f72175/
├── component.lp
└── .librepcb-cmp
dev/f9207d36-6bc1-41f9-a61c-cf1f9657b8e3/
├── device.lp
└── .librepcb-dev
pkg/8d92aac5-2fe0-460c-baad-35e9361d5f79/
├── .librepcb-pkg
└── package.lp
sym/c1fbc16a-a380-4387-aee7-a3facd5f50aa/
├── .librepcb-sym
└── symbol.lp

SVG Constraints

• Only paths are considered, without transformations or style.
• If you have an object that consists of outer and inner paths (e.g. a donut shape), you need to join the inner and outer path.

Inkscape Extension

You can use this program as an Inkscape extension:

To use it, create a release build and copy the binary and the extension file to the Inkscape extension directory:

cargo build --release
cp target/release/svg2librepcb ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/
cp inkscape/svg2librepcb.inx ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/

Alternatively, during development, you can also symlink the two files:

cargo build
ln -s $(pwd)/target/debug/svg2librepcb ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/
ln -s $(pwd)/inkscape/svg2librepcb.inx ~/.config/inkscape/extensions/

Then, launch the extension through "Extensions > Export > Export to LibrePCB".